Discusses how in his play, Educating Rita, British writer William Russell explores a number of complex issues including sexism, identity and education.

A biography of the playwright Eugene Ionesco. Known as the father of the Theatre of the Absurd, Ionesco is remembered as being a great writer of bold, controversial plays about the faults of mankind, often dealing with fear, torment, and destruction. In his later years he also became a human rights activist and a supporter of the arts in Romania.

There has never been any doubt that Euripidies was interested in the nature, behavior, impact and social status of women. Aristophanes presented him as a notorious hater and slanderer of women. In our present century he is more often seen as one who excites pity for the sufferings inflicted on women by gods and men.

A reflection on the aspects of expressionism and the ways in which they can be applied in drama. Emphasis is given to three basic terms found in expressionist drama: montage, the alienation effect, and geste.

This essay describs the short play Extrwmities, by William Mastrosimone,and describes the characters as elements of Earth wind and Fire and water.