Benzie examines how feminist playwrights challenge traditional historical perspectives in theatre, suggesting new narratives.
Rebecca Benzie’s Feminism, Dramaturgy, and the Contemporary British History Play considers how normative historiography and normative dramaturgical structures have traditionally shaped English historical dramas. Reading through feminist, neo-Victorian, and intersectional lenses, Benzie demonstrates the importance of theatre’s questioning received historical tropes and of feminist playwrights as historiographers for today’s stages.
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