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Pam Gems: Rethinking Her Life and the Impact of Her Plays on British Stage

Najar Daronkolae, Esmaeil
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523487108676837

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Theatre.
Pam Gems (1925-2011), the first woman writer to be commissioned and produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, paved the way for theaters to commission more works by women playwrights. A number of her plays transferred from the subsidized sector to the commercial West End and Broadway. This dissertation is the first book-length study on the life and impact of Gems plays on the modern British stage from 1970s to the present. The majority of her work centers on women from history, especially the history of entertainment such as Edith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich, and Greta Garbo. By reviving celebrated women from the past with her revisionist writing, Gems not only eschewed the traditional male-dominated narratives, but also provided ammunition for actresses and women directors to emerge and prosper. Drawing from my interviews with British theatre artists (including Jane Lapotaire, Nancy Meckler, Penny Cherns, Denise Black, and Sue Dunderdale), my dissertation provides new insights into Gems work. A crucial part of my dissertation is a documentary that I produced and directed to explore the history of feminist theatre in the UK and define Gems role in its development.
Lesley Ferris (Advisor)
292 p.
Art Criticism; British and Irish Literature; Literature; Theater; Theater History; Theater Studies; Womens Studies
Pam Gems, Feminist Drama and Theatre, British Theatre, Womens Literature

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  • Najar Daronkolae, E. (2018). Pam Gems: Rethinking Her Life and the Impact of Her Plays on British Stage [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523487108676837

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Najar Daronkolae, Esmaeil. Pam Gems: Rethinking Her Life and the Impact of Her Plays on British Stage . 2018. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523487108676837.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Najar Daronkolae, Esmaeil. "Pam Gems: Rethinking Her Life and the Impact of Her Plays on British Stage ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523487108676837

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