Top girls
By: Caryl Churchill
Contributors: Naismith, William; Worrall, Nick
Edition: [Rev. ed.] / with a commentary by Bill Naismith and notes by Nick Worrall.
Series: Methuen drama student editions
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Women; Drama; Employment
Description: The play opens with an anachronistic dinner party hosted by Marlene, the newly-promoted manager of the Top Girls employment agency. Her guests are five women from the past: a transvestite Pope, a courtesan-cum-nun, a tireless adventurer, an obedient wife from Chaucer and the leader of a charge into hell from a Bruegel painting. The feminist themes introduced by this cacophonous scene echo throughout the more contemporary action of the play, as Churchill uses the setting of the `Top Girls' agency to allow a glimpse into the lives of several very different working women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.