FIRST 100 YEARS:
The Professional
Female Playwright
PART I.
Symposium
on women playwrights of the English stage (17th & 18th Century) -- their work and highly dramatic lives.
THE
FIRST 100 YEARS Symposium was taped by TOFT (Theatre on Film and Tape Archive)/The
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and can be viewed by theatre
professionals, college-level students and researchers with work or study-related
reasons for viewing; contact (212) 870-1642 for further info and to schedule
an appointment.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is located
at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues at 65th Street.)
Hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday from 12-6pm; Thursday from
12-8pm.
(Note: The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive is open Tues-Friday from
12-6pm and Saturday from 1-6pm.)
{A transcript of the symposium will be posted here in the near future.}
The Symposium was funded in part by New York Council for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the New York State Council on the Arts Theatre Program Technical Assistance Fund
We
gratefully acknowledge the generous support – and delicious supplies –
provided by
IRVING FARM COFFEE CO. &
DAN'Z COOKIES.
- Introduction
- The Symposium: Saturday, October 26, 2002
- The Readings: November 2002 – October 2003
- Featured Playwrights
- General Bibliography
Also, see these lists of books about our featured playwrights:
Free
and open to the public, this event featured scholars
doing groundbreaking work on these women and their plays,
interspersed with
scenes presented by actors to illustrate and further the discussion.
Saturday,
October 26, 2002, at 3pm
American Airlines Theatre
(Times Square, Penthouse Lobby)
227 West 42nd Street, New York City
For further information, e-mail Juggtheatre@yahoo.com
Mallory Catlett / Gwynn MacDonald, Co-Directors, THE FIRST 100 YEARS
Organized by The Juggernaut Theatre Company
For more information, www.juggernaut-theatre.org