Characters
This character hosts a dinner party with historical and fictional women.
Who is Marlene?
To celebrate her success.
Why did Marlene organise the dinner party?
A British Prime Minister in favor of individualism and free entreprise.
Who was Margaret Thatcher?
An employment agency
What type of business is the Top Girls agency?
She wrote the play Top Girls.
Who is Caryl Churchill?
This character is a young girl who visits Marlene in London.
Who is Angie?
It is seen as burden by Marlene.
What is motherhood?
Because it was and it is still forbidden to get such a position as a woman.
Why did Pope Joan dress up as a man?
Joyce’s house in Ipswich
What is the setting of the final scene of the play?
In 1982.
When was the play first performed?
She didn't have children and traveling is her passion.
Who is Isabella Bird?
In Top Girls, this societal structure is shown to have affected women's lives throughout history.
What is patriarchy?
In 1979
When did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister?
This technique mirrors real-life conversations where people often interrupt or talk over each other.
What is overlapping dialogue?
In London.
Where was the play first performed?
She wants to become a nuclear scientist.
Who is Kit?
Capitalism.
What political idea does the play criticize?
A figure from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Who was Griselda?
This technique is used when actors play multiple roles, such as Dull Gret and Angie.
What is doubling?
She wants the audience to focus on the play’s themes and politics, not get lost in the illusion of theatre.
Why is the staging of Top Girls minimalist?
This character in her forties feels frustrated and unappreciated in her job.
Who is Louise?
This term refers to the invisible barrier women face in advancing their careers.
What is the glass ceiling?
She is initially a character from a painting.
Who is Dull Gret?
Childish language and simple sentences.
What kind of language does Angie often use?
Max Stafford-Clark
Who was the first stage director?