The Divided Home'Land: Contemporary German Women's Plays.

Most of the material available in English on German theatre implies an all-male terrain inhabited by women only, one infers, as performers. Male German-language playwrights including Weiss, Handke, Kroetz and especially Brecht have made an indelible impression on theatre studies in the United States. However, The Divided Home/land represents a radical break with the current state of German theatre studies in English and an important addition for feminist studies. This volume provides a rich, varied, and comprehensive look at women's contributions to German theatre in the twentieth century. Intending to furnish "their vital historical context and theatrical inventions to the reader of English and the theater worker," (1) it is the first time materials providing a theoretical, historical, and critical context of women's work in German theatre have been available.

Sue-Ellen Case's incisive …