Exiles, eccentrics, activists
Subtitle: women in contemporary German theater
By: Katrin Sieg.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: German drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; German drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Authors, German -- 20th century -- Political and social views; Theater -- Europe, German-speaking -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- Europe, German-speaking -- History -- 20th century
Description: German artists and theorists have furnished many of the groundbreaking models of political theater whose critical, and sometimes revolutionary, potential continues to keep theater alive. German women's dramatic work reflects their active participation in major movements for social change, yet their plays have rarely reached the mainstage or found their way into the accounts of theater history.

Katrin Sieg's study investigates how gender, central to these artists' works yet missing from the language of dramatic criticism, influenced women's use of politically powerful models and prompted their invention of new dramatic forms and performance styles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.