The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism is the first wide-ranging anthology of theatre theory and dramatic criticism by women writers, reproducing key primary documents contextualized by short essays, reframing the field's male-defined and male-dominated traditions.

Catherine Burroughs is Professor Emerita of English at Wells College, Courtesy Professor of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University, and a member of Actors' Equity Association.

J. Ellen Gainor is Professor of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University.

1. FIVE MEDIEVAL WOMEN: St. Perpetua (c. 185-203), Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), Hadewijch (c. 1200-1250), Katherine Sutton (d. 1376), Margery Kempe (c. 1373-1438)

Andrew Galloway

2. HROTSVIT OF GANDERSHEIM (c. 935-1002)

Andrew Galloway

3. MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH (c.1623-1673)

Sujata Iyengar and Mikaela Warner

4. APHRA BEHN (1640-1689)

Joseph Roach

5. ANNE FINCH (1661-1720)

Christina Black

6. SUSANNA CENTLIVRE (c. 1669-1723)

Gillian Skinner

7. CHARLOTTE LENNOX (1729-1804)

Elizabeth Kraft

8. CHARLOTTE CHARKE (1713-1760)

Molly Marotta

9. FRANCES BURNEY (1752-1840)

Serena Baiesi

10. HANNAH COWLEY (1743-1809)

Melinda C. Finberg and Angela Escott

11. LADY EGLANTINE WALLACE (c. 1754-1803)

Lilla Maria Crisafulli

12. SALLY SIDDONS (1775-1803)

Laura Engel

13. ELIZABETH INCHBALD (1753-1821)

Lisa A. Freeman

14. JOANNA BAILLIE (1762-1851)

Thomas C. Crochunis

15. FELICIA HEMANS (1793-1835)

Diego Saglia

16. ADELAIDE O'KEEFFE (1776-1865)

Donelle Ruwe

17. SARAH SIDDONS (1755-1831)

Daniel O'Quinn

18. "ANONYMOUS"

Marjean D. Purinton

19. MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (1787-1855)

Serena Baiesi

20. AMELIA CHESSON (1833-1902)

Tracy C. Davis

21. FRANCES A. KEMBLE (1809-1893)

Catherine Burroughs

22. OLIVE LOGAN (1839-1909)

Merritt Denman Popp

23. MICHAEL FIELD [KATHARINE HARRIS BRADLEY (1846-1914) AND EDITH EMMA COOPER (1861-1913)]

Jill R. Ehnenn

24. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935)

Andrew Tolle

25. PHYLLIS ROBBINS (1883-1972)

Kim Marra

26. LADY AUGUSTA GREGORY (1852-1932)

Marjorie Howes

27. EDITH CRAIG (1869-1947)

Katharine Cockin

28. CHRISTOPHER ST. JOHN (1871-1960)

Lesley Ferris

29. BINODINI DASI (1862-1941)

Aparna Dharwadker

30. FLORENCE KIPER (1886-1976)

Sharon Friedman

31. MAY ISABEL FISK (1872-1955)

Jennifer Schmidt

32. DJUNA BARNES (1892-1982)

Nick Salvato

33. SOPHIE TREADWELL (1885-1970)

Jerry Dickey

34. VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941)

Shilo McGiff

35. ELIZABETH ROBINS (1862-1952)

Joanne Gates

36. LENA ASHWELL (1872-1957)

Maggie Gale

37. CONSTANCE ROURKE (1885-1941)

Charlotte M. Canning

38. CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER (1899-1979)

Jennifer Schmidt

39. GERTRUDE STEIN (1874-1946)

Scott W. Klein

40. SUSAN GLASPELL (1876-1948)

J. Ellen Gainor and Elizabeth A. Osborne

41. HALLIE FLANAGAN (1889-1969)

Elizabeth A. Osborne

42. JOAN LITTLEWOOD (1914-2002)

Fatine Bahar Karlidä

43. ALICE CHILDRESS (1916-1994)

Meenakashi Ponnuswami

44. ANN JELLICOE (1927-2017)

Kate Pierson

45. BARBARA ANN TEER (1937-2008)

La Donna L. Forsgren

46. JUDITH MALINA (1926-2015)

Kate Bredeson

47. ROSE YUEN OW (1895-?)

Krystyn Moon

48. MARGUERITE DURAS (1914-1996)

Shelley Orr

49. MEGAN TERRY (1932-2023)

Maya Roth

50. DOROTHY HEWETT (1923-2002)

Aoise Stratford

51. MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS (1930-2018)

Linda Ben-Zvi

52. JANE CHAMBERS (1937-1983)

Sara Warner

53. ELFRIEDE JELINEK (b.1946)

Anke Charton

54. SUE-ELLEN CASE (b.1942)

Penny Farfan

55. ADRIENNE KENNEDY (b.1931)

Maya E. Roth

56. LIZ LOCHHEAD (b.1947)

Aoise Stratford

57. CONSTANCE CONGDON (b.1944)

Ryan Platt

58. ELIZABETH MACLENNAN (1938-2015)

Gioia Angeletti

59. MONSTROUS REGIMENT (1975-1993)

Elaine Aston

60. JILL DOLAN (b.1957)

Jessica Del Vecchio

61. THE DIVINA PROJECT (1989-1998)

Juliet Guzzetta

62. NEHAD SELAIHA (1945-2017)

Marvin Carlson
63. PEGGY PHELAN (b.1959)

Daniel Sack

64. SUZAN-LORI PARKS (b.1963)

Kristen Wright
65. KATE BORNSTEIN (b.1948)

Kara Raphaeli

66. ELIN DIAMOND (b. 1948)

Jen-Scott Mobley

67. HÉLÈNE CIXOUS (b.1937)

Rachel Morris Watson

68. M¿CERE G¿THAE M¿GO (1942-2023)

Kellen Hoxworth

69. DIANE GLANCY (b.1941)

Birgit Däwes
70. LOIS WEAVER (b.1949)

Benjamin Gillespie

71. JUDITH THOMPSON (b.1954)

Erica Stevens Abbitt

72. CHERRÍE MORAGA (b.1952)

Lindsay Cummings

73. AMAL ALLANA (b.1947)

Aparna Dharwadker

74. NAOMI WALLACE (b.1960)

Lindsay B. Cummings

75. MOJISOLA ADEBAYO (b.1971)

Kellen Hoxworth

76. LAUREN GUNDERSON (b.1982)

Noelia Hernando-Real

77. SARAH RUHL (b.1974)

Amy Muse

78. ELAINE ASTON (b.1958)

Geraldine Harris

79. DAME HARRIET WALTER (b.1950)
Rosemary Malague

80. CATHERINE KODICEK (b.1972)

Katherine Gurnos-Davies

81. SPIDERWOMAN THEATER (1976-) AND MURIEL MIGUEL (b.1937)
Lilian Mengesha
82. EMMA RICE (b.1967)

Siouxsie Easter

83. PAULA VOGEL (b.1951)

Meghan Brodie

84. ELAINE ROMERO

Jimmy A. Noriega

85. VELINA HASU HOUSTON (b.1957)

Eunha Na

86. QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES (b.1977) and GABRIELA SERENA SANCHEZ

J. Ellen Gainor

87. WINSOME PINNOCK (b.1961)

Gabriele Griffin
88. TAKEMOTO KOSHIKÔ (b.1953)

Maki Isaka

89. ÉMILIE MONNET (b.1979)

Lindsay LaChance