ACTRESSES / Performers Writing Plays

Adshead, Akalaitis, Akins, Archer, Arden, Bateman, C.Barnes, Beaton, Bellon, Bensusan, Blakeman, Boothe-Luce, Carlos, Cooke, Compton, Dane, De Angelis, Dowie, Gordon, Glass, Griffiths, Inchbald, Hurston, Isitt, Jennings, E.Johnson, Joudry, Kemble, Littlewood, Lochhead, McCracken, A.MacDonald, C.MacDonald, S. Macdonald, McIntyre, Malina, Maraini, Mhlope, Millay, Mojica, Mortimer, Mowatt, Owen, Parry, Rame, Reza, E.Robins, G.Robins, Rosenthal, Rowson, Rudet, Sanchez-Scott, Scott-Maxwell, Syal, Thronton, West, Windsor, Wood

ADAPTORS / ADAPTEES e.g of novels

Acker, Ackerman, Akins, Austen, Bagnold, C.Barnes, Bateman, Benmussa, Braddon, Carter, Cloud, De Angelis, Drexler, Duffy, Edgeworth, Edmondson, Farrell, Frings, Gale, Gee, Gems, Gerstenberg, Gray, Gupta, Hellman, Holden, Hurston, Inchbald, Jellicoe, M.Kennedy, Lasker-Schüler, Lavery, Levy, Lill, Littlewood, Lochhead, Longford, Loos, McAlpine, McIntyre, McCullers, Mann, Manning, Medina, Merriam, Mhlope, Mnouchkine, Montagu, Murdoch, Nagy, Oates, O'Brien, Pascal, R.Prichard, Przbyszewska, Radic, Rame, Rinehart, Sayers, Shange, Stowe, Wallace, Wandor, Wertenbaker, Windsor, Wood, Woolf, Wymark

ADOLESCENCE (Plays about)

Arden, Cooke, Frings, Gordon, Horsfield, Jellicoe, J.Johnson, Lawrence, Lette, McCullers, S. Macdonald, Mann, Murray, Oates, Pix, R. Prichard, Reid, Shange, Shank, Sofola, Swados, Terry, Thornton, Townsend, Upton, Wellburn, Yamauchi

AGEING WOMEN (about / strong parts for older women)

Bagnold, Bellon, Hayes, Hollingsworth, M.Jones, Johnston, S.Macdonald, Medley, Merriam, Rosenthal

ALZHEIMERS / Senility

Carson, Congdon, Lawrence, Medley, O'Malley

ANONYMOUS / PSEUDONYMOUS

Barnes, Cooke, Dane, Daviot, Farrell, Field, Hobbes, Mansfield, Martin, Millay, D.Smith, Ukrainka, Warren

ART (Plays about art/ artists, plays by artists)

Carrington, Carter, Cruz, Daviot, Drexler, Howe, Gems, M.Kennedy, Manning, Reza, Schneeman, Shotlander, Wertenbaker, Windsor, Yeger

ARTAUD influence of, connections with

Kane, Owens, Rosenthal, Schneeman, Simons, Sontag

BECKETT influence of, connections with, also other ABSURDISTS

Cornelius, Drexler, Fornes, Gambaro, Hansberry, Howe, Kane, Sadur, Sontag

BIBLICAL THEMES

Cary, Cushing, Dane, Daviot, Gregory, Hurston, Littlewood, Lyssa, Malina, M.Miller, More, Parks, Sofola, Sor Juana, Swados, Ukrainka, Wandor

BODIES esp. BODY IMAGE e.g. Anorexia, Slimming, Cosmetic Surgery, self-mutilation (see also Butchery/Meat, Performance Art etc etc)

Acker, Blakeman, Bornstein, Brooks, Cixous, Cruz, Dunn, Laberge, Loveid, Malina, Miller, Moraga, Oates, Oglesby, Page, Rosenthal, Schneeman, Thornton, Wallace, Yankowitz, Yeger

BRECHT (Brechtian plays, references to, relationship with)

Aguirre, Archer, Fleisser, Gupta, Holden, Lamb, Lavery, Linden, Luckham, Maraini, Mhlope, Wandor, Wuolijoki

BUTCHERY/ Meat

Daniels, DeVeaux, Nagy, Schneeman, Wallace, Yankowitz

CARERS

Bellon, Carson, Gannon, Hayes, M.Jones, Lawrence, Stephenson

CENSORSHIP (Plays about.., Censored or Condemned Plays, Anti-Theatricalism)

Anderson, Austen, Brand, D'Arcy, Dike, Finley, Hellman, Hewett, Hughes, Kane, Lasker-Schüler, Loos, Mitford, Ringwood, Saadawi, Warren, West, Wright

CHEKHOV / CHEKHOVIAN (inc. Three Sisters refs)

Bagnold, Henley, Jacker, Loveid, Mansfield, O’Brien, Petruschevskaya, Spiderwoman, Stein, Wasserstein, Wertenbaker

CHILDREN Plays for / about

Atlan, Austen, Bolt, Chase, Edgeworth, Gray, Jellicoe, Kerr, Kesselman, Lyssa, McCullers, Merriam, Mhlope, Mueller, Samuels, Shange, Sutherland

CLASS (see also Working Class Writers) inc. Master-Servant relationships

Betsko, Bolt, Boothe Luce, Burney, Clarke, Coxon, Farrell, Hamilton, Hollingsworth, Horsfield, Jennings, Kesselman, Kummer, Lawrence, Maillet, Moraga, Pix, Women’s Theatre Group, Wuolijoki

CLASSICAL THEMES AND DEVICES (eg. Chorus)

The Anna Project, Arden, Boesing, Carr, Churchill, Cixous, DeVeaux, Duffy, Dove, Field, Hanger, Hewett, Hrotsvitha, Kainy, Kane, Kemp, S.Macdonald, Malpede, Maraini, Medina, Millay, Mnouchkine, Murdoch, Rame, Roland, Sor Juana, Stellmach, Swados, Warren, Wertenbaker, Yankowitz

COLLABORATORS (Playwrights who have worked jointly with others – see also Companies and Companies Worked With)

Box, Buffini, Carlos, Churchill, Cixous, Comden, Cusack, Cryer, D’Arcy, Devlin, English, Ferber, Field, Flanagan, Fleisser, M.Franklin, Garpe, Gordon, Gregory, Griffiths, Hagedorn, Hurston, A.Kennedy, M.Kennedy, Kerr, Luckham, McAlpine, McCauley, A.MacDonald, Mann, Marson, Medley, Mnouchkine, Nichols, Parker, Parry, Rame, Rinehart, E.Robins, Sanchez-Scott, Sears, Sierra, Syal, Terry, Thornton, Wagner, Wuolijoki

COLONIALISM / IMPERIALISM

Aidoo, Brand, Cixous, Devanny, Hagedorn, Hansberry, Harris, Holden, S. Macdonald, Mnouchkine, Onwueme, Owen, Owens, Parks, Schwartz-Bart, Sears, Sofola, Warren

COMEDIANS

Dowie, Hayes, Reid, Ritter, Wood

COMEDY

Baillie, Bateman, Beaton, Behn, Benbow, Braddon, Burney, Chase, Centlivre, Cowley, Curran, Edgeworth, Ephron, Farrell, Ferber, Gregory, Haywood, Holden, Hurston, Inchbald, Jelinek, Jellicoe, Jennings, C.Jones, Kainy, Kummer, Longford, Manley, Montagu, Murdoch, Nichols, Petruschevskaya, Pix, K.S. Prichard, Ritter, Sheridan, Sor Juana, Trotter, Warren, Weldon

COMMUNITY PLAYS / Documentary plays

Clifford, Devlin, Jellicoe, Littlewood, Mann, Thornton, AD Smith, Yeger

COMPANIES (with entries)

The Anna Project, Gay Sweatshop, Sistren, Split Britches, Spiderwoman, Women's Theatre Group

CRIME /Gangs

Ferber, C.Johnson, Pinnock, R.Prichard, Stellmach, Thomas, Upton

CROSS DRESSING

Archer, Behn, Benmussa, Betts, Bornstein, Buffini, Cavendish, Churchill, Cowley, Coxon, Dowie, Frumin, Gee, Gems, Hughes, Isitt, Lasker-Schüler, Merriam, Nagy, Parry, Wertenbaker, Winsloe

CULTURAL / NATIONAL IDENTITY/ Difference (see also Race, Migration)

Ackerman, Brown, Dike, Evaristi, Frumin, Griffiths, Gupta, Harris, Hollingsworth, Houston, Lasker-Schüler, Linden, Lochhead, S.Macdonald, Mhlope, Moraga, Nichols, Owen, Pollock, Ravel, Rayson, Reinshagen, Rudet, Samuels, Sears, Stellmach, Syal, Visdei, Wong, Yamauchi

DEATH / SUICIDE

Acker, Baillie, Betts, Carr, Chambers, Devlin, Duffy, Edson, Garpe, Goldemberg, Gupta, Harris, Hayes, Houston, Jacker, J.Johnson, Kane, Kay, Laberge, Learner, S.Macdonald, Malpede, Murray, Nemeth, Norman, O’Brien, Owen, Plumb, Rahman, Rame, Ravel, Renee, Reza, Simons, Sontag, Stephenson, Thomas, Thompson, Vogel, Yankowitz

DIRECTORS / THEATRE MANAGERS

Ackerman, Akalaitis, Austin, Bateman, Benmussa, Bensusan, Boesing, Buffini, Garpe, Gerstenberg, Gregory, Hollingsworth, Isitt, Jellicoe, E.Jonson, Kemp, Lipkin, Littlewood, Longford, C. MacDonald, Malina, Manning, Maraini, Merriam, Mnouchkine, Mojica, Mortimer, Parry, Parks, Pascal, Reza, Ryan, Swados, Vernon, Wagner

DISABILITY inc. mental handicap, ‘freaks’

Finley, J.E. Franklin, Gannon, Lavery, Luckham, Moraga, Page, Parks, Pix, E.Robins, Schenkar, Targuse

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Cloud, Dreher, Houston, Isitt, McCuller, McLeod, Maraini, Moxley, Munro, Renee, Sistren, Stephenson, Terry, Upton, Warren, Yeger

DRAMA CRITICS / THEATRE THEORISTS inc. authors of Prefaces, dramaturgs, teachers of playwriting

Ackerman, Baillie, D.Barnes, Behn, Benmussa, Bornstein, Cixous, Duffy, Flanagan, Greer, Gregory, Hanger, Haywood, Hollingsworth, Inchbald, Jellicoe, Levy, C.MacDonald, Malpede, Manley, Manning, Maraini, Mojica, Mueller, Parker, Ravel, Schneeman, Shank, Sheridan, Sofola, Sutherland, Tomalin, Wandor, Wright, Woolf, Yeger

DRAMATIC POEMS

Cushing, Mansfield, Millay, Sor Juana, Ukrainka, Warren

DRUGS / DRINK

Atlan, Boesing, Buffini, Bowles, Brown, Clarke, Cleage, Comden, Cruz, Dreher, Evaristi, Gallagher, Glass, Hewett, C.Johnson, Johnston, Kerr, Laberge, McCullers, Oates, Owen, Parker, Parry, Pollock, Przbyszewska, Sontag, Stellmach, Terry, Tikkanen

ECOLOGY / ENVIRONMENT as theme

Gray, Jelinek, Moraga, Munro, Page, Reinshagen, Rosenthal, Ryum, Weldon, Yankowitz

EIGHTIES VALUES /THATCHERISM

Adshead, Churchill, De Angelis, C.Johnson, J.Johnson, Oakes, Wertenbaker

ENVIRONMENTAL THEATRE (Site-specific work)

Boland, English, Fornes, Gambaro, Howe, Templeton, Terry

EXPERIMENTAL / MULTI-MEDIA (see also Performance Art)

Acker, Akins, Arden, Atlan, Churchill, Congdon, Drexler, Fornes, Hagedorn, Jelinek, Jellicoe, Kemp, A.Kennedy, Lamb, Lasker-Schüler, Learner, Levy, C.MacDonald, Malpede, Malina, Millay, Mnouchkine, Oakes, Owens, Parks, Rahman, Rosenthal, Sarraute, Schenkar, Shange, Sierra, Simons, Stein, Templeton, Terry , Thompson, Vogel, Wellburn, Yankowitz

FAIRY PLAYS / FAIRY TALES, MYTHS, FOLK TALES, ALLEGORY

Aguirre, Aidoo, Alvarez, The Anna Project, Austin, Buffini, Carr, Carrington, Carter, Chase, Churchill, M.Devi, G.Devi, J.E. Franklin, Gallagher, Gippius, Gregory, Gupta, Hebert, Isitt, E.Johnson, Kaur, Learner, Lubkiewicz, Millay, Munro, Murdoch, Onwueme, Owens, Page, Pascal, Ridler, Ringwood, Ryum, Sadur, Samuels, Sanchez-Scott, Sofola, Sor Juana, Split Britches, Sutherland, Ukrainka, Wertenbaker, Windsor, Wuolijoki

FAMILY

Bagnold, Baker, Bensusan, Christie, Dane, Delaney, Dowie, Ephron, Farrell, Ferber, Franken, M.Franklin, Frings, Gale, Gambaro, Glass, Gordon, Gowan, Griffin, Hansberry, Harris, Hayes, Hellman, Henley, Herzberg, Horsfield, Howe, Hughes, Jacker, Jennings, E.Johnson, J.Johnson, Johnston, M.Jones, S.Jones, Joudry, Kainy, M.Kennedy, Kerr, Loveid, McCracken, McLeod, Mansfield, Medley, Moraga, Moxley, Munro, Nemeth, Nimmo, Norman, O'Brien, Page, Pollock, Ravel, Reid, Reinshagen, Schenkar, Shange, Shank, Simons, D.Smith, Sofola, Stern, Stewart, Thomas, Vernon, Weldon

FASCISM / Repressive regimes

Anagonastaki, Boothe-Luce, Cowan, Cusack, Devanny, Ferber, Fleisser, Fornes, Gambaro, Gowan, Hellman, A.Kennedy, Lasker-Schüler, Loveid, Millay, Mnouchkine, Rame, Ravel, Reinshagen, Samuels, Winsloe

FATHER/DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS

Deevy, Ephron, Hughes, Laberge, Malpede,More, Mueller, Sowerby, Wright, Yeger

FILM /TV (Writers for, adapted for)

Acker, Akins, Arden, Aronson, Bagnold, Beaton, Blais, Boland, Boothe-Luce, Box, Brown, Carter, Cloud, Cowan, Dane, D’Arcy, Delaney, Devlin, Du Maurier, Dunbar, Dunn, Duras, English, Ephron, Farrell, Ferber, Forster, Frings, Gannon, Garpe, Goldemberg, Gordon, Hagedorn, Hansberry, Hebert, Henley, Horsfield, Isitt, Jellicoe, J.Johnson, Kerr, Kesselman, Littlewood, Loos, Loveid, S. Macdonald, McLeod, McCullers, Merriam, Milne, Mojica, Munro, O’Malley, Parker, Pinnock, Przbyszewska, Rayman, Rinehart, Roland, Sayers, Schneeman, Sears, Sistren, Sofola, Sontag, Swados, Syal, Thomas, Vernon, Wallace, Weldon, West, Windsor, Winsloe, Wong

FOOD

Carlos, Fornes, Howe, Hughes, Loveid, Owens, Schenkar, Schneeman, Simons

GAY MALE / Homoerotic

Bagnold, Blais, Bornstein, Delaney, Dowie, Finley, Franken, Gems, Mann, Manning, Nagy, Rudet, Shank, Sontag, Split Britches, Vogel, Wallace, West

GENERATIONAL CONFLICTS (see also Mother-Daughter, Father Daughter)

Aidoo, Baker, Delaney, Farrell, Franken, Glass,Malpede, Oates, Page, Petruschevskaya, Roland, Sofola

GOTHIC (INC. MOCK)

Baillie, D.Barnes, Carter, De Angelis, Dreher, Henley, Isitt, Lavery, Lochhead, A.MacDonald, Medina, More

HEROINES (and anti) BIOGRAPHICAL PLAYS e.g.. Joan Of Arc, Mary Queen Of Scots (see also Women Writers)

Archer, Bolt, Curran, Dane, Daviot, Field, Gee, Gems, Lochhead, Luckham, Maraini, Merriam, M.Miller, Mitford, Mojica, Mueller, Owens, Pascal, Pinnock, Pollock, Radic, Ritter, Rubess, Schenkar, Stein, Wertenbaker,

HISTORICAL THEMES / SETTINGS

Boesing, Buffini, Christie, Churchill, Cushing, D’Arcy, Daviot, Dane, DeGroen, Edmundson, Field, Fleisser, Frumin, Gee, Gems, Glaspell, Glover, Hansberry, Henley, Jellicoe, C.Jones, M.Jones, Kainy, , Kemble, Kesselman, Kon, Lochhead, Longford, Luckham, Lyssa, Maraini, Merriam, Millay, Mitford, Mnouchkine, Mojica, Mueller, Owens, Parks, Pollock, Przbyszewska, Radic, Ringwood, Sistren, Split Britches, Stellmach, Thomas, Wallace, Wertenbaker, Women’s Theatre Group, Wright

HOMELESSNESS / Tramps

Cornelius, Hamilton, Holden, Lasker-Schüler, Lavery, McIntyre, Ridler, Swados, Terry, Wagner, Women’s Theatre Group

IBSENITE REFERENCE / INFLUENCES /Links

Boothe-Luce, Comden, Garpe, Jelinek, Loveid, Robins

IMMIGRATION / emigration / exile

Adshead, Akalaitis, Anagonstaki, Betsko, Brand, Devanny, Ferber, Finley, Frumin, Gowan, Hagedorn, Henley, Hollingsworth, Houston, Kesselman, Levy, Marson, Pinnock, Pollock, Ravel, Rayson, Renee, Ringwood, Rosenthal, Rubess, Samuels, Sanchez-Scott, Schwartz-Bart, Sistren, Treadwell, Vogel, Wallace, Yamauchi

ILLNESS inc. Aids

Acker, Edson, Gee, Medley, S.Miller, Page, Rosenthal, Schenkar, Sears, Sontag, Vogel

ILLUSION / PERFORMANCE/ APPEARANCE

Parks, Pix, Simons, Templeton

INCEST / CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

D. Barnes, Carr, Cavendish, Daniels, Dowie, C.Johnson, Johnston, Laberge, Lill, Malpede, Vogel, Yeger

INDUSTRY / Work and its demise (see also WOMEN IN WORKPLACE)

Cusack, Devanny, Gannon, Jellicoe, J.Johnson, Lasker-Schüler, Lill, Littlewood, Nemeth, Reinshagen, Ridler, Sowerby, Treadwell, Wallace, Windsor

IRISH NATIONALISM AND POLITICAL STRUGGLE

D’Arcy, Devlin, Edmundson, Gee, Gregory, M.Jones, Munro, Reid

JEWISH (Writers and/or Themes) inc. Holocaust

Aronson, Atlan, Buffini, Cowan, Evaristi, Frumin, Herzberg, Jacker, Kesselman, Lasker-Schüler, Learner, Linden, Loveid, Malpede, Malina, Mann, Nichols, Pascal, Ravel, Rosenthal, Samuels, Schenkar, Simons, AD Smith, Stern, Swados, Wandor, Wasserstein

LANGUAGE / COMMUNICATION, linguistic experiment

Ackerman, Anderson, Carson, Cixous, DeVeaux, Duras, English, Evaristi, Fornes, Gambaro, Gerstenberg, Greer, Harris, Houston, Jelinek, Jellicoe, Kesselman, Kon, Levy, Linden, Loveid, C.MacDonald, Martin, Mhlope, Miller, Moraga, Owens, Parks, Pinnock, Plath, Reinshagen, Reza, Ryum, Sanchez-Scott, Sarraute, Shange, Simons, Stein, Stewart, Swados, Templeton, Thompson, Treadwell, Waite-Smith, Wallace, Wellburn, Wong, Yankowitz

LESBIAN (Plays by / About)

D.Barnes, Blais, Boesing, Bornstein, Bowles, Cavendish, Chambers, Daniels, DeVeaux, Dowie, Dreher, Duffy, Field, Forster, Franken, Frumin, Gay Sweatshop, Hellman, Hollingsworth, Hughes, Jelinek, E.Johnson, Kay, Lavery, Lipkin, Lyssa, Mansfield, S.Miller, Moraga, Nagy, Parry, Rudet, Shotlander, Split Britches, Trotter, Winsloe, Women’s Theatre Group

LITTLE THEATRE / AMATEUR inc. New Theatre, Workers’ Theatres

Brand, Box, Crothers, Gale, Gerstenberg, Gowan, Gray, Isitt, Jennings, S.Jones, KS Prichard, Ringwood, Stellmach, StewartTarguse

MENTAL ILLNESS /MADNESS

Arden, Baillie, Braddon, Carter, Dane, Daniels, Gallagher, Glaspell, Jacker, J.Johnson, Johnston, C.Jones, Kemble, Laberge, Maraini, Medina, Munro, Nagy, Norman, O’Brien, O’Malley, Parker, Rame, Schenkar, Townsend, Wagner, Windsor, Wymark

MARRIAGE / MARITAL BREAKDOWN / weddings

Aidoo, C.Barnes, Boyce, Carr, Crothers, Dane, Daniels, Deevy, Delaney, Drake-Brockman, Du Maurier, Evaristi, Fornes, Franken, Glaspell, Gordon, Hamilton, Haywood, Hobbes, Jacker, Jennings, M.Kennedy, Kerr, Laberge, Lamb, Lavery, Loos, McCracken, McCullers, Martin, Mhlope, Mitford, Montgomery, Nichols, Norman, Owens, Petruschevskaya, Pix, K.S.Prichard, Rame, Ravel, Ritter, G.Robins, Sayers, Sheridan, D.Smith, Stern, Stewart, Sutherland, Treadwell, Trotter, Weldon, Wiseman, Wright, Yamauchi

MATERNITY / Parenthood

Buffini, Compton, Cooke, Cowan, Crothers, Dowie, Howe, Lipkin, Medley, Mhapsekar, Munro, Plath, R.Prichard, Rahman, Raif, Rame, Rayman, Samuels, Sistren, Sofola, Stephenson, Wandor, Wertenbaker, Wymark

THE MEDIA /Advertising (plays about)

Griffiths, Holden, Milne, Oakes, Rayson, Schenkar, Watkins, Weldon

MELODRAMA

Bateman, Benbow, Braddon, Du Maurier, Holden, Medina, Montgomery, Mortimer, Stowe, Wood

MEN TOGETHER / MASCULINITY / also patriarchy

Boesing, Churchill, Cryer, DeGroen, Evaristi, C.Johnson, Maillet, Merriam, More, Mueller, Oakes, O’Brien, Nimmo, Parry, Petruschevskaya, K.S.Prichard, Rayson, Reza, Rudet, Sanchez-Scott, Wallace

MOTHERS inc. Matriarchs

Bagnold, Boesing, Christie, Compton, Delaney, M.Devi, Franken, Gay Sweatshop, Gems, Glaspell, Glass, Gupta, Herzberg, Howe, Jellicoe, J.Johnson, Kainy, Kon, Lessing, Lyssa, S.Macdonald, Maraini, Mojica, Rame, Sierra, Simons, D.Smith, Stern, Stewart, Targuse, Wood

MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS

Bellon, Betts, Blakeman, Bowles, Du Maurier, Dunbar, Crothers, Delaney, Du Maurier, Garpe, Goldemberg, Greer, Hayes, Herzberg, Hughes, Jacker, C.Johnson, E.Johnson, Keatley, Laberge, S. Macdonald, Malpede, Mhlope, Norman, O’Brien, Onwueme, Page, Pinnock, Plumb, Raif, Ravel, Samuels, Scott-Maxwell, Stephenson, Terry, Weldon

MURDER / MURDERERS

The Anna Project, Baillie, C.Barnes, Behn, Blais, Brand, Buffini, Christie, Cushing, Forster, Gilman, Glaspell, Harris, Hebert, Henley, Heyward, Hope, Kesselman, Manley, Mann, Mhapsekar, Nagy, Norman, Oates, Parker, Pollock, Rahman, Rinehart, E.Robins, Sarraute, Sayers, Schenkar, Split Britches, Stephenson, Thompson, Treadwell, Watkins

MUSIC / MUSICIANS (Plays or Films about)

Archer, Box, Drexler, Gems, Hayes, C.Johnson, Johnston, A.Kennedy, M.Kennedy, Linden, Murray, Parks, Radic, Rahman, Rubess, Sears, Yeger

NATIVE PEOPLES: Native American/ Canadian / Australian Aboriginal Themes or Playwrights

Austin, C.Barnes, Behn, Bolt, Griffiths, Hewett, E.Johnson, Lill, McCauley, Medina, Mojica, Pinnock, Pollock, K.S.Prichard, Ringwood, Roland, Rosenthal, Sears, Spiderwoman,

NON-NATURALISTIC /SURREAL (see also Experimental)

Alvarez, Arden, Carr, Carrington, Gallagher, Gambaro, Howe, Jellicoe, Kemp, Lubkiewicz, Moraga, Nagy, Page, Sadur, Sanchez-Scott, Shank, Sontag, Thompson

NUCLEAR WAR / POWER

Acker, Akalaitis, Boesing, Congdon, Cusack, Daniels, Duras, Flanagan, Fornes, Hansberry, Laski, Lessing, Levy, Lyssa, McAlpine, C. MacDonald, Rubess, Yankowitz

OLD AGE

Aronson, Brooks, Carson, Congdon, Garpe, Glass, Kay, Learner, Maillet, Mann, Martin, McLeod, Medley, Mhlope, Murray, Page, Raif, Ravel, Reid, Rosenthal, Sadur, Windsor,

ONE-PERSON PLAYS (see also Performance Art)

Atlan, Aronson, Carlos, Carson, Bornstein, Compton, Dowie, English, Evaristi, Finley, Fornes, Frumin, Gallagher, Gallaire, Gay Sweatshop, Gerstenberg, Griffiths, Herzberg, Hughes, Johnston, M.Jones, Kainy, Kay, A.Kennedy, Kon, Laberge, Lamb, Lavery, Lill, Lipkin, Lochhead, McCauley, Maillet, Manning, Mansfield, Martin, Medley, S.Miller, Munro, Nimmo, Owens, Petruschevskaya, Plumb, Rame, Ravel, Schneeman, Shange, A.D.Smith, Split Britches, Thompson, Wagner, Wasserstein, Wong

OPERA / MUSICALS (Plays with music –see also plays about music)

Acker, Aronson, Atlan, Carter, Churchill, Comden, Cloud, Cruz, Cryer, Drexler, Edmundson, Frings, Heyward, Hughes, Hurston, C.Johnson, Kainy, Kay, Lamb, Levy, Littlewood, Loos, Luckham, McAlpine, A.MacDonald, S.Macdonald, McLeod, Merriam, Mueller, Murdoch, Nichols, Norman, Parker, Oakes, Ridler, Rinehart, Rubess, Shange, Stein, Swados, Terry, Townsend, Treadwell, Watkins, Weldon

PERFORMANCE ART (Live art) and Life as performance

Acker, Anderson, Carlos, DeVeaux, English, Finley, Hagedorn, Howe, Hughes, Lasker-Schüler, Loveid, McCauley, Mansfield, Rosenthal, Schneeman, Spiderwoman

PERFORMANCE APPEARANCE /REALITY/ ILLUSION as theme (see also theatre, cross-dressing)

Behn, Benmussa, Bornstein, Carter, Centlivre, Cixous, Cowley, English, Gee, Gerstenberg, Hebert, Levy, Nagy, Sanchez, Simons, Stein, Templeton

PLAYWRIGHTS LIVING ABROAD (for substantial parts of career) / EMIGRES

Bensusan, Betsko, DeGroen, Devanny, M.Franklin, Greer, Lasker-Schüler, Manning, Oakes, Owen, Nagy, K.S.Prichard, Robins, Rowson, Rudet, Templeton, Visdei, Waite-Smith, Wallace, Wright, Wymark

POLITICAL THEATRE: (campaigning, Brechtian epic and plays about politics / political struggle)

Aguirre, Boesing, Blakeman, Brand, Cixous, Cornelius, Cusack, D’Arcy, Devanny, M. Devi, Dike, Flanagan, Fleisser, Gambaro, Garson, Gay Sweatshop, Gems, Gregory, Griffiths, Hellman, Holden, Inchbald, Kainy, Lasker-Schüler, Lavery, Littlewood, Luckham, Malpede, Malina, Mann, Maraini, Mhapsekar, Mnouchkine, Moraga, Murdoch, Onwueme, K.S.Prichard, Przbyszewska, Radic, Rame, Renee, E.Robins, Roland, Sierra, Stewart, Thornton, Wandor, Warren, Women’s Theatre Group, Wright, Wuolijoki

POPULAR CULTURE / MODERN WORLD

Anderson, Churchill, Congdon, Holden, Hughes, Jacker, Nagy, Petruschevskaya, Schenkar, Shank, Treadwell

PREGNANCY (also abortion)

Brown, Cooke, Cruz, Delaney, Devlin, Dowie, Dunbar, J.E.Franklin, Gowan, Henley, Hewett, Lamb, Lipkin, Luckham, McAlpine, S. Macdonald, Martin, Medley, O’Brien, Page, Pinnock, Plath, Rahman, Raif, Ringwood, E.Robins, Sofola, Thomas, Vogel, Wandor, Windsor, Women’s Theatre Group

PRISON / Reform School / Internment

Beaton, Boland, Cloud, Forster, Gallagher, Gilman, Inchbald, Lavery, Lawrence, Mhapsekar, Mortimer, Norman, Owen, R.Prichard, Radic, Raif, Rame, Saadawi, Stellmach, Terry, Wertenbaker, Wymark, Yamauchi

PROSTITUTION (also pornography, sex industry, courtesans)

Acker, Adshead, Behn, Boesing, Daniels, Gems, Gilman, Hrotsvitha, Loos, Maraini, Mhapsekar, Nimmo, Norman, Oates, Parry, Rame, Rudet, Saadawi, Sanchez, Stewart, Swados, Thomas, Wagner, Wandor, West, Wuolijoki, Wymark

PSYCHOANALYSIS / PSYCHOTHERAPY

Christie, Cixous, Gerstenberg, Glaspell, Kemp, A.MacDonald, Munro, Owen, Ryum, Scott-Maxwell, Shange, Wymark, Yeger

RACE / RACISM (see also Cultural Identity)

Behn, Carlos, Childress, Cleage, Cloud, Cusack, DeVeaux, Dike, Douglas-Johnson, Dove, J.E.Franklin, Greer, Griffiths, Grimke, Gilman, Gray, Hagedorn, Hansberry, Hewett, Heyward, Holden, Houston, Hurston, E.Johnson, Kainy, Kay, A.Kennedy, Lawrence, McCauley, McCullers, Mann, Marson, Medley, M.Miller, Merriam, Moraga, Oates, Parks, Pinnock, Pollock, K.S.Prichard, Rahman, Renee, Ringwood, Roland, Samuels, Sanchez, Sears, Smith, Stellmach, Stowe, Syal, Townsend, Waite-Smith, Wiseman, Yankowitz

RADIO

Aidoo, Atlan, Blais, Boesing, Carter, Churchill, Dane, D’Arcy, De Angelis, Evaristi, Gale, Gee, Gowan, Gray, Gupta, Hagedorn, Hebert, Horsfield, J.Johnson, Joudry, A.Kennedy, Littlewood, Loveid, McIntyre, Owens, page, Plath, Reid, Reinshagen, Rinehart, Ringwood, Ritter, Roland, Rubess, Ryum, Samuels, Sarraute, Sayers, Stephenson, Syal, Treadwell, Vernon, Wandor, Windsor, Wymark,

REBELS

Acker, Arden, Behn, Bornstein, Cavendish, Finley, Fleisser, Gippius, Haywood, Hughes, Kane, Lasker-Schüler, Mansfield, O’Malley, Manley, Parker, Sowerby, West

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RACES / CULTURES

Childress, Dike, Dove, Douglas-Johnson, Edgeworth, Edmundson, Gilman, Greer, Griffiths, Houston, Hurston, Kay, Lawrence, McCauley, Nichols, Onwueme, Sanchez, Stellmach

RELIGIOUS IDENTITY/ DIVISION/ PRACTICE also SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE (see also Biblical themes):

Boland, Crothers, Cruz, Curran, D’Arcy, Daviot, De Angelis, DeGroen, G.Devi, Devlin, Fleisser, Gippius, Greer, Gupta, Hrotswitha, Joudry, A.Kennedy, Marson, Martin, Moraga, More, Nichols, O’Brien, O’Malley, Owens, Reid, Ridler, Ryum, Sayers, Shotlander, Sierra, Sofola, Sor Juana, Spiderwoman

RESTORATION / 18C

Behn, Centlivre, Manley, Pix, Sheridan, Trotter

RITUAL, (also symbolism and transformative drama)

Atlan, Austin, Boesing, Fornes, Gale, Gerstenberg, Gupta, Hewett, Jellicoe, Kay, Malpede, Marson, Murdoch, Onwueme, Owen, Owens, Ringwood, Sears, Simons, Sofola, Spiderwoman, Sutherland, Waite-Smith, Wellburn, Wymark, Yankowitz

RURAL SETTINGS inc. FARMING, PIONEER COMMUNITIES

Aidoo, Bolt, Carr, Churchill, Deegan, Deevy, Devanny, Drake-Brockman, Glaspell, Glass, Glover, Gowan, Gray, Gregory, Hanger, Harris, Lubkiewicz, Maillet, M.Miller, Mowatt, Nemeth, Onwueme, K.S.Prichard, Ringwood, Roland, Sadur, Schenkar, Split Britches, Stellmach, Sutherland, Targuse, Ukrainka, Wuolijoki

SATIRE and Spoofs

Akins, Austen, Bateman, Boothe-Luce, Brand, Burney, Congdon, Crothers, M.Franklin, Frumin, Garson, Gerstenberg, Hamilton, Holden, Howe, Inchbald, Joudry, Kummer, Lochhead, Manning, Mansfield, Milne, Mowatt, Ringwood, Townsend, Vogel, Warren, Watkins, Wertenbaker

SCIENCE (inc. ethics of, see also Nuclear)

Akalaitis, Centlivre, De Angelis, Lavery, Lyssa, A.MacDonald, Parks, Rayson, Rosenthal, Stephenson, Weldon, Wertenbaker, Yankowitz

SCHOOL / COLLEGE / EDUCATION, Plays about

Cusack, Deegan, Hellman, Joudry, A.Kennedy, Lawrence, McAlpine, More, O’Malley, Parry, R.Prichard, Wasserstein, Winsloe,

SEX AND DESIRE

Acker, Behn, Bornstein, Buffini, DeAngelis, DeGroen, Drexler, Duras, Field, Gallaire, Hollingsworth, Hughes, Jelinek, Kemble, Learner, Levy, Loveid, A.MacDonald, C.MacDonald, Malpede, Manley, Marson, Moraga, Moxley, Nagy, Nemeth, O’Malley, Owens, Pollock, K.S.Prichard, Radic, Rahman, Roland, Schenkar, Schneeman, Shange, D.Smith, Treadwell, Vogel, West

SEXUAL VIOLENCE / RAPE

The Anna Project, D. Barnes, Carrington, DeGroen, Douglas Johnson, Fornes, Gilman, Hughes, Hrotsvitha, Kane, Kemp, Malpede, Martin, Mojica, Nagy, Norman, Oakes, O’Brien, K.S.Prichard, R.Prichard, Rame, Renee, Thompson, Wallace, Vogel, Wellburn

SISTERS

Blakeman, Brown, Cooke, Dike, Griffin, Harris, Hayes, Henley, S.Jones, Kesselman, Lill, O’Brien, Plumb, Rayson, Stephenson, Visdei, Wasserstein, Women’s Theatre Group

SLAVERY inc. abolitionist activism in life of playwright

Behn, Dove, Hagedorn, Heyward, Kemble, McCauley, Mojica, Parks, Rowson, Stowe, Thomas, Wright

SHAKESPEARE (PLAYS ON, WRITINGS ON, INFLUENCE OF)

Betts (Hamlet), Dane (life of), Cornelius (Lear), Gallagher (Hamlet), Gambaro (Othello), Garson (Macbeth), Gordon (Othello), Hanger (various), Hansberry (Hamlet), Hewett (various), Johnston (Lear), Kemble, Kummer (Hamlet), Lavery (Hamlet), Levy (Hamlet, Macbeth), Lyssa (Lear), A.MacDonald (Othello, Romeo and Juliet), Mnouchkine (various), Murdoch (Hamlet), Sears (Othello), Vogel (Othello), Women's Theatre Group (Lear), Yeger (Hamlet)

SOCIAL DEPRIVATION / POVERTY / UNDERCLASS

Betsko, Boesing, Cruz, Dunbar, Fornes, J.E.Franklin, Gilman, J.Johnson, Norman, Oakes, Pinnock, K.S.Prichard, Thompson, Thornton

SOCIAL OUTCASTS / OUTSIDERS / THE MARGINAL (see also Witches)

Churchill, Cruz, Gale, Gallaire, Glaspell, Glover, Hewett, Kesselman, Levy, Martin, Norman, Rayman, Sadur, Wagner

SPORT

Bagnold, Beaton, Horsfield, Lette, Luckham, McLeod, Martin, Mortimer, Page, Renee

SUFFRAGE / NEW WOMEN (plays in support of late 19th/ early 20th C, see also Women’s Movement for plays about)

Baker, Bensusan, Boyce, Crothers, Field, M.Franklin, Glaspell, Gippius, Gray, Hamilton, Jennings, K.S.Prichard, E.Robins, G.Robins, Scott-Maxwell, Sowerby

TERROR

Anagonastaki, Brown, Buffini, Churchill, A.Kennedy, McIntyre, Oates, Thompson

THEATRE, SELF-REFLECTIVE PLAYS ON / THEATRICAL SETTINGS/ Characters (also film, opera)

Ackerman, Akins, Betts, Boland, Braddon, Comden, Cowan, Cryer, Dane, De Angelis, English, Ferber, Garpe, Gerstenberg, Gordon, Gupta, Hayes, Hewett, Heyward, Johnston, M.Jones, Kummer, Lasker-Schüler, Lavery, Luckham, Milne, Mnouchkine, Mortimer, Munro, Parks, Pix, Pollock, Radic, Reid, Reinshagen, Renee, G.Robins, Sadur, Sanchez, Sanchez-Scott, Sayers, Shange, D.Smith, Sofola, Split Britches, Stein, Syal, Templeton, Wertenbaker, Wong, Yeger

TRAGEDY

Baillie, C.Barnes, D.Barnes, Behn, Burney, Cary, Cavendish, Cushing, Field, Gregory, Haywood, Kemble, Manley, Millay, Mitford, More, Murdoch, Pix, Trotter, Warren, Wiseman, Wright

TRANSLATORS

Alvarez, Cixous, Devlin, Gems, Gregory, Hellman, Hollingsworth, Levy, Lochhead, Maillet, Mnouchkine, Oakes, Owens, E.Robins, Rubess, Shank, Visdei, Wertenbaker, Wymark

WARTIME EXPERIENCE also ANTI-WAR PLAYS

Aronson, Atlan, Boland, Blais, Box, Brand, Buffini, Cryer, Dreher, Du Maurier, J.E.Franklin, Garson, Gee, Gordon, Goldemberg, Gray, Hamilton, Holden, Houston, Laski, Levy, Littlewood, McCracken, Malpede, Mann, Millay, More, Mueller, Nichols, Oakes, Page, Pinnock, Roland, Sanchez-Scott, Schneeman, Wallace, Weldon, Wuolijoki, Yamauchi

WITCHES

Arden, Baillie, Boesing, Churchill, Daniels, Lavery, Learner, McLeod, Rubess, Sadur

WOMEN AND CAREERS / WORK/ EDUCATION (struggle for, dilemmas of)

Aronson, Baker, Crothers, Du Maurier, Gannon, Gordon, Gowan, McCauley, Manning, Mhapsekar, Mhlope, Page, Rame, G.Robins, Scott-Maxwell, Sowerby, Stern, Sutherland, Wertenbaker

WOMEN'S FRIENDSHIPS (see also Women Together)

Edmundson, Fornes, Forster, Hollingsworth, Linden, Millay, Oglesby, Wong, Women’s Theatre Group

WOMEN'S MOVEMENT (as theme, key plays in)

Arden, Compton, De Angelis, Garpe, Griffin, Hamilton, Lamb, Lill, Mhapsekar, Mojica, Mueller, Pollock, E.Robins, Wasserstein, Wertenbaker, Women’s Theatre Group

WOMEN AND POWER

Austin, Baker, Churchill, Daviot, De Angelis, Fornes, Gordon, Hamilton, Hellman, Lochhead, Manley, Maraini, Onwueme, Owens, Sofola, Sowerby, Stern, Templeton, Women’s Theatre Group

WOMEN TOGETHER (GROUPS) See also Women in the Workplace

Beaton, Bellon, Gems, Glaspell, Henley, Horsfield, Jellicoe, C.Johnson, S.Macdonald, Millay, Oglesby, Page, Petruschevskaya, Rudet, Saadawi, Wasserstein

WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE

Aronson, Baker, Betsko, Daniels, Gee, Glover, Hamilton, Horsfield, J.Johnson, M.Jones, Luckham, Lyttelton, Mueller, Reinshagen, Thornton, Treadwell, Waite-Smith, Wallace

WOMEN WRITERS / WOMEN WRITING (name given in brackets where play is about a specific women writer)

Akalaitis (Colette), Bolt (Pauline Johnson), Crothers, Dane (Brontes), De Angelis (Mary Shelley), De Groen (Mansfield), Evaristi (Parker), Gems (Przbyszewska), Glaspell (Dickinson), Goldemberg (Plath), Jelinek (E.Bronte), Jennings, Kaur, A.Kennedy, Kesselman (De Gouges), Lawrence (Akhmatova, Chukovskaya), Lochhead (Mary Shelley), McIntyre (Stevie Smith), Malpede (Sappho) , Milne, Montgomery, Mueller (Colette), O’Brien (Woolf), Owens (Goldman), Parker (Lamb), Pascal (Parker), Rayson, Sayers, Sontag (James, Dickinson, Fuller), Sor Juana, Split Britches (Alcott), Terry (Cather), Tomalin (Mansfield), Vogel, Wandor, Women’s Theatre Group (Kollontai)

WORKING CLASS WRITERS / themes (see also Social Deprivation)

Betsko, Clarke, Delaney, Dunbar, Dunn, Flanagan, JE Franklin, Gannon, Hewett, Horsfield, Jacker, C.Johnson, J.Johnson, Lill, M.Jones, Littlewood, Maillet, Nimmo, Nemeth, Norman, Parry, Pinnock, Raif, Renee, Sanchez-Scott, Sistren, AD Smith, Split Britches, Stewart, Thompson, Upton, Wiseman, Wuolijoki

WRITERS (not women, plays about – see also Shakespeare)

Ferber, M.Franklin, Jellicoe, Kerr, Lawrence,

YOUNG PEOPLE / SCHOOLS (Plays for)

Bolt, Brand, Childress, Clarke, Coxon, Daniels,Glover, Jellicoe, J.Johnson, Joudry, Kon, Lavery, Lawrence, Lette, Lochhead, McAlpine, S.Macdonald, Mcleod, More, Moxley, Murray, Pinnock, Reid, Rubess, Samuels, Swados, Terry, Wallace, Weldon, Wertenbaker, Yeger

OTHER WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS MENTIONED IN ...She Also Wrote Plays (with page references)

Colette (4), E. Wharton (5), Mary Shelley (13), Ann Radcliffe (13) , Sarah Siddons (14),Jane Murfin (24), Valerie Solanas (25), Elsa Shelley (27), Anna Reynolds (30), Mary Sidney (35), Lady Joanna Lumley (35), Elizabeth Cavendish (36), Jane Brackley (36), Glenda Dickerson (62), Arlette Namiand (64), Suzanne Osten (89), Jill Posener (90), Kate Phelps (90), Angela Stewart Parks (90), Cath Kilcoyne (91), Adele Saleem (91), Maro Green / Caroline Griffin (91), Sharon Nassauer (91), Tash Fairbanks (91) Thulani Davis (105), Bessie Hatton (105), Beatrice Harraden (105), Chris St John (105), Ethel Smyth (105), Edy Craig (105), Thulani Davis (105), Hildegard Of Bingen (121), Katherine Of Sutton (121), Olympe de Gouge (141), Debra Oswald (149), Marjorie Banks (153), Stephanie Nunn (164), Joan Micklin Silver (174) Marianne Boyd (174), Janet Suzman (176) Susie McGlone (199), Edna Mazya (206), Florence Bell (218), Aspazija (221), Muriel St Clare Byrne (227), Annie Sprinkle (229), Hertencer Lindsay (237), Pat Cumper (237), Diana Ackerman (241), Estela Portillo Tremblay (241), Anne Bogart (244), Jacqui Shapiro (250), JoAnn Schmidman (251), Elizabeth Bowen (266), Joyce Holliday (272), Julie Wilkinson (272), Elizabeth Bond (272), Tierl Thompson / Libby Mason (272), Darryl Pinckney (273), Minna Canth (274), Maria Jotuni (274),

MAIN COMPANIES WORKED WITH

Acker (Ontological Hysteric), Ackerman (Theatre 1774), Akalaitis (Mabou Mines), Benmussa (Renaud-Barrault), Bensusan (AFL), Boesing (At The Foot Of The Mountain), Bolt (Theatre Passe Muraille), Brand (Unity Theatre), Brooks (Stephen Joseph Theatre), Churchill (Joint Stock), Coxon (Loose Exchange), DeAngelis (ReSisters), Edmundson (Red Stockings), Fornes (INTAR), Frumin (Shameful Practice), Greer (ReSisters), Griffiths (Theatre Passe Muraille), Hamilton (AFL), Holden (San Francisco Mime Troupe), Isitt (Snarling Beasties), J.Johnson (Y Touring, Red Ladder), M.Jones (Charabanc), Kay (Theatre of Black Women), Lavery (Les oeufs malades) Levy (The Magdalena Project, RSC Women’s Group), Lipkin (That Uppity Theatre Company), Lochhead (Communicado), Luckham (Monstrous Regiment), Lyssa (Women and Theatre Project, Sydney), A.MacDonald (The Anna Project),C. MacDonald (Impact Theatre Co-op, Insomniac Productions), McIntyre (Women’s Theatre Group), Malina (The Living Theatre), Maraini (Compagnia Della Maddalena), Marson (XXX), Mnouchkine (Theatre Du Soleil), Moraga (INTAR), Moxley (Rough Magic), Owen (Clean Break), Pascal (Pascal Theatre Company), Rame (La Commune), Rame (La Commune), Rayson (Theatreworks), Rubess (The Anna Project), Rudet (Belt And Braces, CAST, Imani Faith), Sanchez-Scott (Los Angeles Latino Theatre Lab) Stellmach (Brisbane Playlab), Stewart (Unity, 7:84), Sutherland (Experimental Theatre Players), Terry (Open theatre, Omaha Magic Theatre), Thompson (Tarragon Theatre), Thornton (Hull Truck), Wandor (Gay Sweatshop, Women’s Theatre Group), Yankowitz (Open Theatre)