This classic study is both an introduction to, and an overview of, the relationship between feminism and theatre. The reissued edition features a new Foreword by Elaine Aston who examines the context in which Case's book was written, the influence it has had, subsequent developments in the field and the continued importance of the work.

SUE-ELLEN CASE is Professor and Chair of Critical Studies in Theater and Director of the Center for Performance Studies at UCLA, USA.

Preface to the Reissued Edition; E.Aston
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Traditional History: A Feminist Deconstruction
Women Pioneers
Personal Theatre
Radical Feminism and Theatre
Materialist Feminism and Theatre
Women of Colour and Theatre
Towards a New Poetics
Notes
Bibliography
Index.