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Top Girls by Caryl Churchill

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Author Biography

Name: Caryl Churchill
Variant Name: Chick Churchill, Caryl Lesley Churchill
Birth Date: September 3, 1938
Nationality: British
Gender: Female

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Biography of Caryl Churchill
2849 words, approx. 9.5 pages
Although it was obvious from her early radio play The Ants (1962) that Caryl Churchill could write good dialogue, she had difficulty translating that talent to a stage where she would be noticed. Nevertheless, Churchill has been writing plays--for radio,...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Top Girls Information
2,547 words, approx. 9 pages
Top Girls is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill. It depicts the life of Marlene, a hard-bitten career woman who is employed at the 'Top Girls' employment agency, and her interactions with her family she left behind. Marlene left her working class background...


News and Journals
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Girls Top 15
10/04/2002: 441 words, approx. 2 pages
00-00-0000 GIRLS TOP 15 Date: 10-04-2002, Friday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B 1. Ridgewood Finally a major meet for the Maroons, who will run in today's Maroon Invitational. This year they could face...
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Girls Top 25
10/25/2002: 362 words, approx. 1 pages
00-00-0000 GIRLS TOP 25 Date: 10-25-2002, Friday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B Column: GIRLS TOP 15 1. Ridgewood: The Maroons won the Ridgewood Invitational to warm up for a bid for their sixth straight...
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AP News
Katrina dips in popularity as baby name
5/11/2007: 451 words, approx. 2 pages
As baby names go, Katrina isn't in vogue these days. But she hasn't disappeared either.From its peak in the 1980s _ when it regularly ranked among the 100 most popular names that parents chose for their daughters _ it had gradually slumped to 247th by...
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AP News
Stripper accused of borrowing movie plot
10/10/2007: 873 words, approx. 3 pages
In the 1994 movie "The Last Seduction," a femme fatale coaxes her lover into killing her husband for money. Prosecutors say a beautiful stripper obsessed with the film followed the script to its murderous end.Mechele Linehan, 34, is on trial on charges she masterminded the...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Joseph Marohl
6,419 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Marohl demonstrates how Top Girls succeeds in debunking the myth of the feminist hero whose achievements are gained through her imitation of powerful men rather than through the avenues of a "socially conscious feminism. "
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Critical Essay by Joseph Marohl
6,316 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Marohl discusses the class discrimination that exists amongst workers of varying rank and wage levels in Churchill's Top Girls.
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Critical Review by John Russell Taylor
956 words, approx. 3 pages
Taylor offers a very mixed assessment of a London performance of Top Girls. He finds both the theme and structure poorly delineated and considers much of the piece "fundamentally … old-fashioned."
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 83%
Character Sketches of Woman in Act I of "Top Girls"
1,174 words, approx. 4 pages
Character sketches of the five powerful women introduced in Act I of "Top Girls" by Caryl Churchill are Isabella Bird, Lady Nijo, Dull Gret, Pope Joan and Patient Griselda. The first act introduces feminist themse, such as the universal female experience.


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Top Girls by Caryl Churchill

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