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Diehards.(Top Girls)(Theater review)
Let's let Marlene, the diehard Thatcherite in Caryl Churchill's 1982 play "Top Girls" (revived at the Biltmore, under the direction of James Macdonald), make the introductions to the imaginary dinner party she throws to congratulate herself on having been appointed managing director of a female employment agency--a fabulous feminist occasion that constitutes the first (and best) act of this daring and difficult British play. "This is Joan who was Pope in the ninth century, and Isabella Bird, the Victorian traveller, and Lady Nijo from Japan, Emperor's concubine and Buddhist nun, thirteenth century . . . and Gret who was painted by Bruegel. Griselda's in Boccaccio and ...
- `Top Girls' is result when a bad script meets good actors
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Lynn Voedisch April 8, 1986 700+ words
Top Girls Marlene Megan Cavanagh Waitress...trial by chitchat. "Top Girls" details the story of Marlene (Megan Cavanagh...young friend. Director Marlene Zuccaro keeps the pace...well as she can. "Top Girls," had it been trimmed...
- Top Girls.(Theater Review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rizzo, Frank L. July 26, 2005 700+ words
...Kidd Becky Ann Baker Marlene Jessica Hecht Lady...thematically provocative "Top Girls" it doesn't get...new generation of top girls and boys is especially...men have dared. Marlene (Jessica Hecht...executive position at Top Girls, a top-notch employment...
- Top Girls.(Theater review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David May 8, 2008 700+ words
...Win Jennifer Ikeda Marlene Elizabeth Marvel Pope...spiky brilliance of "Top Girls" that regardless of...sweepingly dramatic, "Top Girls" does make a trenchant...general manager at the Top Girls Employment Agency, Marlene (Elizabeth Marvel...
- `TOP GIRLS' EXPLORES FEMALE TRAVAILS IN ADVANCEMENT.(Entertainment)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Penn, Roberta September 29, 1998 700+ words
...needs to see ``Top Girls,'' Caryl Churchill...upbringing. ``Top Girls'' is not a great...age woman named Marlene (Diana Hassenger...baby. But once ``Top Girls'' gets in touch...off. The scenes in Marlene's office show her...
- Students turned into top girls by top man.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England) February 11, 2006 700+ words
...first time I've directed Top Girls," he says. Set in the...bona fide ball breaker) Marlene throwing a celebratory...promotion to MD of the Top Girls employment agency. To mark the occasion, Marlene has gathered five prominent...
- Sorting the women from the top girls.
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Coveney, Michael January 18, 2002 700+ words
...self-improvement. Marlene (Hattie Ladbury...employment agency, Top Girls, in London. Her unmarried...dinner to celebrate Marlene's promotion. Her...contrasted with the pleas to Marlene of the wife of a male...and transcend it, and Top Girls fulfils that condition...
- Top Girls.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
- Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch November 1, 2006 700+ words
Top Girls Caryl Churchill L.A...org 1-800-708-8863 Marlene (Amy Brenneman) has just...Managing Director of the 'Top Girls Employment Agency' in Maggie...Caryl Churchill play, "Top Girls", is professionally directed...
- Top Girls ready for touring.(Arts)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) March 15, 2002 700+ words
...show, playing the role of Marlene, a power-dressing yuppie...Family Affairs, etc. ). Top Girls remains a favourite play...about what women want." Top Girls is at the Clwyd Theatr...S): BACK TO THE 80s: Top Girls on stage
