The Girls in the Big Picture: Gender in Contemporary Ulster TheatreUlster theatre, in common with many other institutions in the north of Ireland, has until recently offered a cold house to women and their concerns. Ingrained patriarchal attitudes, along with a resolute separateness from the mainstream of European drama, have made it difficult for plays with a feminist focus to make it to the stage. |
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Background to women | 23 |
In the company of women | 58 |
The gap between ideology | 71 |
Copyright | |
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