ENGLISH 3DD3 Lecture Notes - Social Conditioning, Decision-Making
19 Jan 2014
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Adding it up: the status of women in canadian theatre. In the canadian theatre industry, key positions of creativity and authority are primarily male dominated. Men are particularly hired as ads, directors and playwrights in greater numbers than women at the larger, more established theatres, whereas women are found in greater numbers at smaller theatre venues. While women constitute one-third of the nation"s artistic directors, people. With 1,945 productions staged by 113 companies between 2000/01 &2005. Feminist companies founded to create institutional structures open to women"s work. Companies get formed because they feel the decision making structures do not allow their concerns to be explored (there"s no time for them) La nef des sorcieres (a clash of symbols) A lot of early work took place in monologues. Initial work was about one woman"s point of view. Women need to have access to theatres in order to develop good play wrights. More problematic for women trying to get into play writing.
