Table of Contents
Chronology (Churchill's life and work, alongside significant political, social and cultural events)
Contexts
* Historical contexts (women's rights/advancement; Thatcher's Britain)
* Theatrical contexts (The Royal Court; Max Stafford Clark; production history; critical responses)
* The play today (an interview with David Shirley, director of the play in 2014)
Themes
* Women and work
* Female Genealogy: Mothers and daughters (killing your mother; giving up your daughter); sisters (and sisterhood); 'Herstory'/re-finding women's histories
* Women's ability/freedom to occupy multiple/conflicting roles
* Women aping masculine behaviour/dress/passing as men
* 'Getting away'/freedom/travel/social mobility
* Class (individualism vs socialism; economic/social mobility; materialism vs human compassion; 'successful' women ignoring the plight of less fortunate women)
Dramatic Technique
* Language
* Structure
* Characterisation/multi-roling
Academic Debate (including suggestions for further reading)
Related Work
Play Text (with on-page glossing/notes)
Glossary of Dramatic Terms