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The Female of the Species

The Female of the Species

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ISBN: 9780868198255
Author: Joanna Murray-Smith
Publication Date: 4/02/2008
Edition: Standard
Publisher: Currency Press
Extent: 80pp.
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SKU: BK636 Categories: Comedy, Currency Press, Drama, Gender themes, Plays, Plays by women, Political / social themes, Satire, Significant female role/s Tags: Currency Press, Joanna Murray-Smith, Scripts
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Thirty years ago Margot Mason, pioneer of the 1970s Women’s Liberation movement and fearless academic, wrote her groundbreaking work and numerous best-sellers followed. Now she has writer’s block. Molly, an unannounced visitor and committed fan of Margot and her work, offers a potential solution—until Molly produces a gun and calmly informs Margot that she intends to kill her because she blames her for warping her mother’s mind and ruining her life with her hit book The Cerebral Vagina.

Joanna Murray-Smith’s deliciously wicked comedy deftly walks the tightrope between satire and farce proving the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male.

This latest gem from the pen of one of Australia’s most outstanding playwrights was inspired by Germaine Greer’s experience of being held captive in her country house in Essex in 2000.

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