Fairies Are Thirsty: A Play - Brossura

Boucher, Denise

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0889222002 ISBN 13: 9780889222007

Casa editrice: Talonbooks Ltd, 1982

Riassunto

According to the 19th-century historian Michelet, Les fées” were women who would rather sing than pray. For this crime, they were punished by being imprisoned in containers that would be opened only at the end of time. InLes fées ont soif (The Fairies Are Thirsty) Denise Bocher takes this image and focuses on it.The Fairies Are Thirsty is a daring, passionate and poetic exploration of the role of women through all time. In the play, three womena housewife, a whore and the Virgin Maryfight to break out of the stereotyped roles in which they have been imprisoned for centuries. At the end of the play they stand alone, before themselves,” renewed,” and ask the audience to imagine a world in which such stereotypes do not exist.

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Recensione:

"A powerful script and an important play."
— Montreal Gazette

L'autore:

Denise Boucher
Born in 1935, Denise Boucher has written many plays dealing with feminist issues includingThe Fairies are Thirsty (1982). She lives and continues to write in Montreal.

Alan Brown

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Talonbooks Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0889222002
• ISBN 13: 9780889222007
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 64