PLAYS BY MEDITERRANEAN WOMEN
Ed. Marion Baraitser

plays from countries geographically linked but politically divided

'…a great opportunity for those who don’t see much live theatre by women to know what they’ve been missing.' Everywoman Magazine

12 WOMEN IN A CELL
NAWAL EL SAADAWI (Egypt)
Written after captivity, the play explores beliefs and values in Arab society.

THE END OF THE DREAM SEASON
MIRIAM KAINY (Israel)
A woman doctor outwits her friends and relations to retain her inheritance.

HARSH ANGEL
MARIA AVRAAMIDOU (Cyprus)
A gentle Chekhovian tale of a family torn by the partition of their native land.

VERONICA FRANCO
DACIA MARAINI (Italy)
Describes the life of a sixteenth century Venetian courtesan and poet, by Italy’s foremost woman writer.

LIBRATION
LLUISA CUNILLÉ (Spain)
A mysterious, intense and comic twohander about two women who meet in a city park at night.

MEPHISTO
adapted from the novel by
KLAUS MANN/ ARIANE MNOUCHKINE (France)
The story of a German actor who sells his soul to Nazi ideology.
Also a feature film

£9.95
ISBN 0-951-5877-3-0
300 pages

Drama Anthologies
Plays by
Mediterranean Women