Bodies, form and nature: three Canadian plays and reproductive choice in the 1990s

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dc.contributor.authorScott, Shelley
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-28T17:59:10Z
dc.date.available2021-05-28T17:59:10Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionPermission to archive accepted author manuscripten_US
dc.description.abstractThis article will deal with the ways in which three contemporary English-Canadian women playwrights have explored issues of reproductive choice in their creative work. In Susan G. Cole's comedy A Fertile Imagination, a lesbian couple attempts to have a child through artificial insemination. In Linda Griffiths' intimate character study The Darling Family, subtitled 'a duet for three', a couple grapples with the implications of an abortion. Deanne Taylor's musical fantasy, 2nd Nature, positions a woman's experience of her body and childbearing capacity as a force opposed to industrialized urban life. Despite the fact that all three of these plays deal with 'real' issues, it is not surprising that their authors have stayed away from traditional theatrical realism. In these three plays, the authors are attempting to make the audience look at 'nature' in a new way, and each is well aware that experiments with form will be the most important means of achieving a fresh perspective.en_US
dc.identifier.citationScott, S. (2004). Bodies, form and nature: Three Canadian plays and reproductive choice in the 1990s. British Journal of Canadian Studies, 17(2), 197-209.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5895
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLiverpool University Pressen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDrama Departmenten_US
dc.publisher.facultyFine Artsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectReproductive choiceen_US
dc.subjectCanadian playsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCole, Susan G., 1952- A fertile imagination
dc.subject.lcshGriffiths, Linda, 1953-2014. The darling family
dc.subject.lcshTaylor, Deanne. 2nd nature
dc.subject.lcshCole, Susan G., 1952- --Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcshGriffiths, Linda, 1953-2014--Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcshTaylor, Deanne--Criticism and interpretation
dc.subject.lcshReproductive rights--Drama
dc.subject.lcshArtificial insemination--Drama
dc.subject.lcshAbortion--Drama
dc.subject.lcshCanadian drama
dc.titleBodies, form and nature: three Canadian plays and reproductive choice in the 1990sen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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