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Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount) (ravenmount) | 977 comments Mod
I have books of plays sitting around on my shelves, so I figured 'how hard could this be?' Well, almost none of my books of plays include ones by women. I must have read a few in my many years of reading, but not many. What are you reading for this challenge?

I finally found one book, The Pocket Book of Modern American Plays(1942), edited by Bennett Cerf (which I may need to make a page for in Goodreads this week after I double and triple check that it is not already in Goodreads). It has a play, Margin for Error, written by Clare Boothe. Till I find my bigger anthologies of plays again, that may be it for my current book collection right now for this prompt.


message 2: by Cynda (last edited Aug 11, 2022 05:45PM) (new)

Cynda | 1797 comments Mod
Here are some of my favorite women dramatists.

Sarah Ruhl has written some good plays and one excellent one imo: In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play. For reasons of transparency, this play could be rated R-17.

Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun which has been made into at least into 2 movies.


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Cynda | 1797 comments Mod
I also have read three plays of Wendy Wasserstein who among other plays wrote The Heidi Chronicles which was made into a movie at least once shortly after written. Written in 1989. . . . I know a remake was cast in then last few years.

Also on my sometime list is Oroonoko by Aphra Behn.


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Newly Wardell | 154 comments I read Ditch. It's not bad I just cant suggest it.


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