Selected Bibliography

Carlson, M., Performance: A Critical introduction, Routledge, 1996 Carlson, S., Women and Comedy, University of Michigan Press, 1991 Champagne, L. (ed.), Out from Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists, Theatre Communications Group, 1990 Davis, T., Actresses as Working Women, Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture, Routledge, 1991 Dolan, J., Presence and Desire: Essays on Gender, Sexuality, Performance University of Michigan Press, 1994 Donnell, A. and Polkey, P. (eds) Representing Lives: Women and Autobiography, Macmillan, 2000 Farfan, P., Women, Modernism, and Performance, Cambridge University Press, 2004 Felman, J.L., Never a Dull Moment: Teaching and the Art of Performance, Routledge, 2001 Gale, M.B., and Gardner, V. (eds), Women, Theatre and Performance: New Histories, New Historiographies, Manchester University Press, 2001 Gale, M.B. and Gardner, V. (eds), Auto/Biography and Identity: Women, Theatre and Performance, Manchester University Press, 2005 Goodman, L., Sexuality in Performance, Routledge, 2000 Goodman, L., with de Gay, J. (eds) The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance, Routledge, 1998 Goodman, L., Mythic Women/Real Women, Faber and Faber, 2000 Gray, F., Women and Laughter, Macmillan, 1994 Harris, G., Staging Feminitities: Performance and Performativity, Manchester University Press, 1999 Holledge,]. and Tompkins, J., Women's Intercultural Performance, Routledge, 2000. Howe, E., The First English Actresses: Women and Drama 1660-1700, Cambridge University Press, 1992 Johnson, D. and Oliver, W. (eds), Women Making Art: Women in the Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts Since 1960, Peter Lang. 2001 Juno, A. and Vale, V. (eds), Angry Women, Juno Publishing, 2000 Llwellyn-]ones, M., Spectacle, Silence and Subversion: Women's Performance Language and Strategies, Harwood Academic (Performing Arts), 1994 MacDonald, C., Women and Performance, Routledge, 1998 Martin, C. (ed.), A Sourcebook on Feminist Theatre: On and Beyond the Stage, Routledge, 1996 Mufson, D. (ed.), Reza Abdoh: Art & Performance Monographs, PAJ Books: Art & Performance Monographs, 1999 Novy, M. (ed.), Transforming Shakespeare: Contemporary Women's Re-Visions in Literature and Performance, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000 Oddey, A., Devising Theatre, Routledge, 1996 Phelan, P., Unmarked: The Politics of Performance, Routledge, 1993 Schneider, R., The Explicit Body in Performance, Routledge, 1997 Smith, S. and Watson,]. (eds), Interfaces: Women, Autobiography, Image, Performance, University of Michigan Press, 2003 Various, Strut: Anthology of Women in Performance, Gecko Press, 1997 Werner, S., Shakespeare and Feminist Performance: Ideology on Stage, Routledge, 2001 Zarrilli, P. (ed.), Acting (Re) Considered, Routledge, 1995 Zucker, C., Conversations with Actors on Film, Television and Stage Performance, Greenwood Press, 2002

340 Index

Abbot, Christine I98 Blackadder 213 Abbott, Paul 323 Blair, Tony II Ackroyd, Heather 10, I7, 2I, 25, I20-58 Blau, Herbert 6 - The Musical xvi Blethyn, Brenda xiii, xiv, xvi, I6, 28, II7, Acting, Devising and Performance, 11I-I9, 319 definitions of S-6, I6-I8, I93, 303 Blatt on the Landscape 3I7, 3I8, 325, 326 Ahead of the Class xiv Boa!, Augusto 283 Ahearne, Caroline 238 Bourgeois, Louise 336 Aitchison, Suzy 258 Boyce, Max 238 Aldwych 3I4 Boycott, Rosie 3I Alexander, Professor Sally 272 Brand, Jo xvi, 8, IO, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, Alfreds, Mike 276 4I,45, 92, IOO, I37-48, 204,238, Allen, Woody 24I 286,296 Alternative Comedy 201 Brazil2I8 Amy's View I78 Brecht, Bertholt I70 Anita and Me xvi, 83 In the Jungle of the Cities I7 6 Anna Lee 58 The Caucasian Chalk Circle I2, 109, 162 Anstey, Liz 256 I67 Arden, Annabel ISO Bridges, Jeff 2I7 Arts Council Il, 269 Bristol Old Vic Drama School2IO Ashcroft, Peggy 93, ISS, 3I4, 323, 324 Broadbent, Jim 310 Atkins, Eileen 249 Broadway 227 Auden, W.H. I64 Brook, Peter I63, 32I Aukin, Liane ISO Brueghel, Dulle Griet I69 Austen, Jane 336 Bryan, Dora 26I Pride and Prejudice 292 Bryden, Bill 283 Ayckbourn, Alan 248 Burke, Kathy xvi, 20, 22, 24, 25, 86, 98-110, 302 Baby Talk 302 Burton, Amanda xvi, 30 Baker, Bobby IO, 23, 26, 30, 31, 328-39 Bury St. Edmunds, Theatre Royal 32I Ball, Lucille 4I Bush Theatre lOS Baloh-Brown, Pol 333 Butler, Judith 4 Band of Gold 23, 320, 323 Barr, Roseanne 286 Cabaret 92 Barton, John I63, I65, 276 Caine, Marti 283 Bassey, Shirley 238 Calendar Girls xvi, 313, 319 BBC 100, 232, 242, 292 Cameron, Rhona 8, 45 Bechtler, Hildegard I93 Campion, Jane 297 Beggar's Opera IS3 Caribbean Mystery, The 256 Belonging xiv Carlson, Marvin, Performance: A Critical Bennett, Alan IS7 Introduction 6 Benny, Jack 248 Carlson, Susan, Women and Comedy 26 Berry, Cicely I63, 276 Carrot, Jasper 238 Bhaji on the Beach 82-3 Cartwright, Jim 92 Big Brother xvi Little Voice 92, 96, 298 Bird, Antonia ISS Road 92,96

34I 342 Perfonning Women

Cassidy, David 202 Death and the Maiden 173, 321, 325- Castle, Roy 248 Dee, Jack 44, 45, 145 Castledine, Annie 180 DeGeneres, Ellen 228 Central School of Speech and Drama 70, Delicate Balance, A 324 198 Dench, Dame Judi 155, 178, 204, 228, Changeling, The 214 266,274,298 Chaplin, Charlie 177 Deep Blue Sea 323 Charleson, Ian 158 Desert Island Discs 324 Chekhov, Anton 246, 320, 323 Devising Theatre 1 The Cherry Orchard 246, 249, 270, 276, Diller, Phyllis 86 313 Dionisotti, Paola 163 The Seagull 249 Directors, working with 29, 90, 93, 96, Three Sisters 51, 55, 65 105,108, 155, 177, 170, 180, 181, Uncle Vanya 150,158 210, 270-2, 276 Churchill, Caryl177, 251 Divide, The 123 Serious Money 87 Dodd, Ken 241 The Skriker 177, 182 Donnellan, Declan 29, 82, 129, 134-135 Clapton, Eric 17, 243 Double, Oliver, STAND-UP! On Being a Clarke, Alan 92 Comedian 7 Cockin, Katharine 10 Drawing on a Mother's Experience 333, 334 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Drama Centre, The 314, 317, 318 The Ancient Mariner 186 Dressmaker, The 94 Comedy Store 92, 286 Duchess ofMalfi, The 221, 222, 271 Comic Strip, The 199, 201 Dukakis, Olympia 228 Commander, The xvi Dummy 317, 318, 322, 325 Common as Muck 100 Dunderdale, Sue 155 Coogan, Steve 148 Durkheim 140 Cooper, Tommy 248 Cooper-Clark, John 41 East 15 Drama School, Laughton 296 Coveney, Michael215 Eclair, Jenny xvi, 8, 10, 18, 25, 27, 37-45, Covington, Julie 158 Coward, Noel 262 92,144,204,238 Ace of Clubs 262 Ecstasy 310 Crewe & Alsager College 122 Eddison, Robert 59 Critic, The 271 Edible Family in a Mobile Home, An 329, Cry Freedom 251 331 Curtis, Richard 200 Edinburgh Festival 79, 213 Cusack, Niamh 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, Edwards, Gale 13 46-56 Electra 188, 190 Cusack, Paul 49 Eliot, T.S. 185 Cusack, Sinead 49 The Waste Land 185, 186, 188, 193 Cusack, Sorcha 49 Emmett, Chris 259 Enfield, Harry 100 'Daily Life' series 23, 30, 330 English National Opera 221 Dangerous Buccaneers 273 Erdman, Nikolai 129 Damage 213, 214 Evans, Lee 44, 45, 145 Davis, Bette 260 Everyman 180 Davis, Tracy, Actresses as Working Women Eyre, Sir Richard 12, 160 9 Dawson, Les 43 Farleigh, Lynn 314 Dear Octopus 268 Featherstone, Vicki 11 Index 343

Feminism xv, 4, 30, 142, 147, 220, 267, Harry Enfield and Chums 108 276 Harry Potter xvii Festival Theatre, Chichester 13, 265, 267 Harvey, Dan 121, 126 Flasch berger, Johannes 135 Harvey, Jonathan 105 Flying Free 4 Hayman, Carole 82 Fool for Love 309 Hayridge, Hattie 6, 44, 145 Foyle's War 133 Heartbeat 47, 55 Frederick, Naomi xiii, xv, 3, 11, 16, 18, Henry, Lenny 237 22,29,128-36 Hersov, Greg 283, 284 French, Dawn 9, 18, 22, 24, 25, 28, 142, Hill, Harry 44, 145 196-206,286 Hiller, Wendy 298 French and Saunders 37, 45, 86, 100, Hird, Thora 249 145,201,213,238,258,261,337 Hislop, Ian 60 Friday Night Live 139 History Boys, The 133 History Man, The 322, 323 Galvin, Joan 101 Hoffman, Dustin 321 Gambon, Michael 74, 160 Hopkins, Sir Anthony 282 Garland, Judy 260 Horrocks, Jane 28, 88-97 Gate Theatre, Dublin 245, 246 Horsfield, Debbie 265 Gee, Shirley 272 Hoskins, Bob 158 Typhoid Mary 272 House of Bernarda Alba, The xvii Geldman, Martha 214 House of Fraser 316 Gender 16, 44, 187 How to Shop: the Lecture 26, 338 Ghandi 317 Howard, Alan 163 Gilliam, Terry 29,217-18,228 Howe, Elizabeth, The First English Girls' Night 86 Actresses 8, 9 Goldberg, RoseLee 6 Howell, Jane 155, 283 Goldsmiths College 338 Howerd, Frankie 248, 257, 262 Goodman, Elizabeth and Jane De Gay, Hudd, Roy 257, 259, 262 The Routledge Performance Reader 14 Hunter, Kathryn 13, 21, 174-83 Goodness Gracious Me! 78, 82, 85, 87 Huseyin, Metin 100 Governor, The xvi Globe Theatre 13, 14, 90, 221, 225 Ibsen, Henrik 187, 323 Grass House 124 A Doll's House 52, 155, 217, 219, 225, Gray, Frances, Women and Laughter 7 226 Greer, Germaine 276 Ideal Husband, An 288 The Female Eunuch 275 Impact Theatre 122 Grenfell, Joyce 30, 86, 143, 237, 336 The Carrier Frequency 125 Grounds, Tony 202 Importance ofBeing Earnest, The 132 Grown-up School 335 Inner London Education Authority 113 Guildhall School of Music and Drama Independent on Sunday xiii 51,268 Intended, The 25, 217-18, 228 Guys and Dolls 12, 51, 150, 158, 159 Ivory, Billy 323

Habeas Corpus 325 Jackson, Glenda 163 Hagen, Uta 228 Jacobi, Derek 224 Hall, Sir Peter 283, 322, 323, 324 Jane Hall's Big Bad Bus Ride 313, 323 Hancock, Sheila 18, 24, 25, 28, 264-77, ]ames, Geraldine xiii, xv, xvi, 3, 23, 28, 302 312-27 Harris, Rosemary xiv James, Jimmy 248 Harry, Debbie 94 Jean-Baptiste, Marianne 9, 22, 24, 111-19 344 Performing Women

Jewel in the Crown, The 318, 324 London Contemporary Dance Theatre Johnson, Terry 82 113 Johnston, Sue 229 London Lighthouse 139 Jones, Amelia xv Long Day's Journey into Night, A 251, 253 Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Lorca, Federico Garcia xvii, 177 Dreamcoat 70 Love, Courtney 205 Jude 256 Loving Hell 313 is an Alien 301 Lumiere & Son 122 Jumping the Queue 267 Lumley, Joanna 94, 259 Lynch, Calam 48 Kalman, Jean 186 Lynch, Finbar 48 Kaut-Howson, Helena 178, 180, 181 Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith 266 Kavanagh 265 Keaton, Buster 177 Machinal 190 Kinnock, Glenys 144 Macintosh, Genista 11, 12, 270 Kirby, MichaelS, 6 Maids, The 31, 71, 217 Kitchen Show 30 Mackenzie, Julia 321 Knights, Rob, 322 Manchester Royal Exchange 11, 132 Kruger, Barbara 336 Mandate, The 129 Kumars at No. 42, The xvi Manning, Bernard 142 Kyle, Barry 70 Manville, Lesley 54 Marcello, Magni 180 LAMDA 131 Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage 217 laing, kd 228 Marquis, Don 44 Lange, Jessica 321 Archy & Mehitabel 44 LaPlante, Lynda xvi Mary Stewart 217 Lapotaire, Jane 163 Mason, Jackie 241 Lawley, Sue 324 Massey, Anna xiv Lawrence, Josie 286 Massey, Daniel 250 League of Gentlemen, The 8 Mavis Davis 94 Lecoat, Jenny 41 McBurney, Simon xv, 29, 90, 109, Lederer, Helen 41 133,177, 170, 181 Leigh, Mike 25, 93, 108,115, 279, 282, McCracken, Esther 59 302, 310 McEwan, Geraldine 249 Abigail's Party 296, 298 McKellan, Sir Ian 274 Career Girls 119, 25 McKenzie, Julia 158 It's a Great Big Shame 108, 109, 115 McPhail, Donna 6, 45, 145, 238 Life is Sweet 93, 94 McQueen, Steve 202 Secrets and Lies 112, 115, 116, 279, McTeer, Janet xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, 3, 13, 14, 283,282,286,288 17, 19, 29, ISS Lennox, Annie 228 Meckler, Nancy 180 Leong, Susan 272 Meisner Technique 133 Lepage, Robert 187 Mellor, Kay 323 Levring, Kristian 25, 218 Menges, Chris 322 Life isn't all Ha Ha Hee Hee xvi Midweek xiii Little Britain 8, 313, 315, 325 Miller, Arthur 75 Littlewood, Joan 28, 269, 272, 275, 276 After the Fall 76 Lloyd, Marie 7 Miller, Graeme 122 Lloyd, Phyllida 13, 82, 180, 221 The Desire Paths 122 Loach, Ken 108 Miracle Worker, The 70 Lock Up Your Daughters 265 Mind Games xvi Index 345

Mirren, Helen xvi, 74, 319, 323 Performers Miss Marple 256 audiences, relation with 17-20 Mitchell, Katie 121, 180 of comedy 28 Moliere 107 creative talents of 23-6 Learned Ladies 47, 53 and identity 15-16 Tartuffe 294 in the different media 2, 3, 4 Monkhouse, Bob 238 as itinerants 10-11, 21 Morecambe and Wise 143 and the journey towards performance Mortimer, Bob 201 2-3, 20 Mr Jealousy 14, 16 and motherhood 2, 22-3 Mr Thomas lOS and the need to perform 19, 23 Mr Wroe's Virgins 104, 109 and the performance moment 18 Mrs Overall 309 revisiting childhood and playing 19 as stand-ups 7, 26-8 Nelson 320 as strumpets 8 New Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent 18 working in a company 11, 17 Never Mind the Horrocks 91 why perform? 1 New Faces 237 Peter Pan 130 News Huddlines, The 255, 259, 260 Piafl58 New York Times 227 Pimlott, Steven 48 Night Mother xvii Pinter, Harold 245, 246, 323 Northcott Theatre, Exeter 317 Betrayal250 Nunn, Trevor 58, 270, 276, 323, 324 A Kind of Alaska 246 Nurturing Creativity: What shall I do with Pit, The (Barbican Theatre) 272 my Inspiron 3700? 4 Playstation xiv Nutcracker, The 130 Poirot 256 Nuts in May 296 Polka Theatre 113 Porter, Eric 323 Oh What a Lovely War 65 Powerbook, The xvii Olivier, Laurence 177 Portrait of a Marriage, A 219 OneofUs 79 Post-feminist 223 O'Neill, Eugene 323 Postscript Post-its 4 Optik Theatre 126 Pride and Prejudice xvii Short Sighted 126 Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The 296 Orlando 213 Prime Suspect xvi Orton, joe 107 Prozac and Tantrums 38 Entertaining Mr Sloane 107 Pryce, jonathan 163 Outside Edge 282 Oxford Stage Company 313, 321 RADA xiii, 60, 89, 114, 131, 133, 153, 155, 171, 176, 189, 257, 266, 267, Pacino, Al 155 314,316 Pal Joey 317 Rainbow, The 64 Parton, Dolly 228 Raj Quartet, The 313 Passion of Dracula 321 Rape on Rape 265 Pat and Margaret 240 Rattle of a Simple Man 275 People Show 122 Rawlins, Adrian 122 Performer Ray, Stephen 310 four types of 4 Redford, Robert 286 the first English actresses 8 Red Lion Pub Theatre 107 the over-rated value of training 41-2, Redgrave, Vanessa 52, 62, 323 138, 239, 233-4 Reeves, Vic 201 346 Performing Women

Reid, Beryl 86, 143, 249 Henry IV Parts I & II 129 Remy, Tony 25, 119 Henry VI 283 Reisz, Karel 55 Julius Caesar xvii Richardson, lain 323 King Lear 13 166, 175, 177, 178, 182 Richardson, Miranda 16, 17, 28, 207-15 Love's Labour's Lost 70, 75 Richardson, Ralph 52, 59, 315 Macbeth 90, 96 Rickman, Alan 118, 155, 163, 189 Measure for Measure xv, 129, 132, 133-5 Ring, The 221 The Merchant of Venice 13, 313, 317, Ring Round the Moon 176 321, 324 Rita, in Educating Rita 309 Othello 47, 48 River Runs Through It, A 286 Richard II 13, 58, 165, 186, 187, 193 Rodenburg, Patsy 54 Romeo and Juliet 47, 48, 181 Rogers, Mary 104 The TamingoftheShrew 13, 72,217, Ronnie Scott's 118 221,225 Rose Tattoo, The 309 Trail us and Cressida 64 Routledge, Patricia 326 Shaw, Fiona xvii, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 25, Royal Air Force 197, 198 184-95 Royal Court 31, 92, 271 Shaw, George Bernard 248 Royal Exchange, Manchester 284 Heartbreak House 62 Royal National Theatre xiii, xv, 11 25, Stfoan 176, 267 109, 116, 118, 150, 155, 162, 177, Sheffield Crucible Theatre xvi 186,251,266,270,322 She Stoops to Conquer 221 Royal Shakespeare Company 11, 12, 22, Sher, Anthony 322 24, 25, 47, 48, 74, 90, 118, 121, 163, She's Been Away 313, 324 165,180,189,246,249,268,269, Shooting Stars 201 270,272,294,323,326 Short, Clare 144 Russell, Rosalind 260 Simon, Josette 9, 10, 21, 67-76 Ruth Ellis 212 Simone, Nina 336 Rylance, Mark 90, 96 Sins, The 323 Smith, Dame Maggie 177,228, 249 Sackville-West, Vita 219, 249 Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 176 Saunders, Jennifer 94, 105, 199, 203, Some Kind of Life 94 258,259,262 South Bank Show, The 240 Absolutely Fabulous 94, 96, 105, 258, Spall, Timothy 155, 288 262 Spriggs Liz 314 Saudi Arabia 11 Stafford-Clark, Max 82, 181 Savage, Lily 16, 286 Stand-ups and Strumpets xiii Savoy Theatre 197 Stanwyck, Barbara 260 Sawalha, Julia 94 State of Play 323 Sayle, Alexi 201 Staunton, Imelda xvi, 12, 18, 22, 23, Scher, Anna 102, 103, 106 149-60,325 Schneemann, Carolee 329 Steadman, Alison 11, 15, 18, 28, 93, 95, Scofield, Paul314 275, 290-9 Scott, Terry 25 7, 262 Stefanovic, Jasna 219 Scrubbers 106 Stevenson, Juliet xvi, xvii, 12, 15, 16, 17, Shakespeare, William 47, 68, 69, 90, 179, 22, 23, 155, 161-73, 189, 204, 272 248,269,275,314,317,322 Stewart, Patrick 163 A Midsummer Night's Dream 48 Storey David 313, 315 A Winter's Tale 272 Home 313, 315 Antony and Cleopatra 74, 172 Strand Theatre 232 As You Like It 47, 48,129 Streep, Meryl192 Index 347

Streetcar Named Desire, A 62 Vera Drake xvi Street-Porter, Janet 144 Viglen's Revenge 4 Strindberg, August 122 Vicar of Dibley, The 200 Easter 121 Visit, The 181 Stubbs, Imogen xvi, 9, 15, 18, 21, 22, 25, Vita and Virginia 249 28,57-66 Suchet, David 163 Wade, Michelle 176 Summer Show 23 7 Wainwright, Sally 323 Suzman, Janet 323 Wall, Max 249 Sweeney, The 318 Walter, Harriet 272 Syal, Meera xiii, xvi, 9, 16, 18, 24, 25, Walters, Julie xiv, 11, 15, 19, 24, 85, 86, 77-87, 302, 320 261, 300-11, 319 Wanamaker, Zoe 163 Table Occasions 329, 330, 331, 332, 335 Washbourne, Mona 315 Take a Peek! 338 Warner, Deborah xvii, 155, 185, 186, 192 Take It From Here 262 Waters, Les 181 Terry Wogan Show 318 Wax, Ruby 163 Tamer Tamed, The 129 Way of the World, The 116 Thatcher, Margaret 155 'What Shall I do with my Amstrad?' 3 Theatre, therapeutic role of 185, 187, When We Are Married 197, 291, 295 269,273 Whitfield, June 254-63 Theatr Clwyd 180 Wind in the Willows, The 240 Theatre de Complicite xv, 12, 90, 109, Wilson, Robert 215 172, 177, 180 Williams, Enyd 256 Theatre-in-Education 269 Williams, Michael323 Thewlis, David 93 Williams, Tennessee 323 Thompson, Emma 154, 157 Wilton, Penelope xvi, 23, 244-53, 275 Thorndike, Sybil 249 Winterson, Jeanette xvii Three Sisters, The 132 Women's Institute xvi, 320 Tideland 29, 217 Wood, Peter 283, 284 Time and the Conways 129 Wood, Victoria xvi, 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, Tiresias 187 22, 23,24, 27, 45, 86,92, 139,145, Tom and Viv 208, 212 201,202,231-43,249,261,307, Tom Jones 99, 104, 256 337 Travolta, John 154 Woolf, Virginia 249, 336 Truly, Madly, Deeply 173 Worth, Irene 249 Tumbleweeds 217, 228 Wycherley, William, The Country Wife Tutin, Dorothy 249 248

Ullman, Tracey 261 Young Vic 13, 178 UN Inspector, The 313 Uses of Enchantment 126 Zetterling, Mai 106