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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,...

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...

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...

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. "

In the following essay, Marohl discusses the class discrimination that exists amongst workers of varying rank and wage levels in Churchill's Top Girls.

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."

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.