Campaigning and performing
LYNNE WALSH deplores how laudable commitments to battling discrimination have displaced the fight against women's sex-based oppression
Feminist Theatre Then & Now
Edited by Cheryl Robson
Aurora Metro, £16.99
MEMORIES of the heady days of women’s theatre in the ’70s and ’80s recall the provocative and edgy nature of the genre.
The clues are in the names of some of the troupes: Sensible Footwear, Cunning Stunts, Scarlet Harlots, Monstrous Regiment, Beryl and the Perils, Theatre of Black Women, Clean Break, Sadista Sisters, Lip Service, and The Chuffinelles. The latter included the late and truly great Linda Smith.
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