This page serves as a starting point for doing dramaturgical research about Top Girls by Caryl Churchill.
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Worlds of the Play Look for information about the political, social, historical, and economic environment of the play. |
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| Feminism |
| Sex roles |
| Gender politics |
| Socialism |
| Margaret Thatcher |
| 1980s |
Search SIMON using the following subject headings:
| Great Britain--Politics and Government--1979 |
| Great Britain--Social Conditions--19th Century |
| Sexual Ethics |
Web Sites 
| Gender Roles in Churchill's Top Girls |
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| The Author and His/Her Worlds Look for playwright's influences, life experiences, dominant themes, social, political, philosophical, and moral attitudes of the day. |
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Books
| British Dramatists since World War II / REF PR106 .B74 1982
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| Cambridge Guide to Theatre / REF PN2035 .C27 1995 | ||
| Contemporary Authors / REF Z1224 .C6
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| Contemporary Authors New Revision Series / REF
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| Contemporary British Dramatists / REF PR736 .C577 1994 | ||
| Contemporary Women Dramatists / REF PR736 .C58 1994 | ||
| Dictionary of Literary Biography / REF PR736 .M62 1982
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| Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century / REF PN771 .E5 | ||
| Feminist Writers / REF PN451.A8 F46 1996 | ||
| International Dictionary of Theatre / REF PN2035 .I49 1992 | ||
| MasterPlots II: Drama Series / REF PN6112.5 .M3 1990 |
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Reference; book stacks are located on the main floor, across from the I-Commons
Databases 
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Selected Web Sites
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| Drama Criticism, Reviews & Production History Look for original and subsequent productions, analysis of the play's contributions to literature |
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Books
| Critical Survey of Drama. English Language Series / REF PR623 .C75 1994 | ||
| Contemporary British Dramatists/ REF PR736 .C577 1994
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| Contemporary Literary Criticism / REF PN771 .C59
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Search SIMON using the following subject headings:
| Churchill, Caryl |
Databases
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| Arts & Humanities Search | ||||
| Humanities International Complete | ||||
| JSTOR | ||||
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Lexis Nexis Academic
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| MLA Bibliography | ||||
| Project Muse | ||||
| Research Library |
Selected Web Sites
| British Theatre Guide |
| Theatre@York Media Releases |
| Theatre of Western Springs |
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Images & Sound Look for video clips, music, photographs, and images (representational, metaphorical, and abstract). |
Books
Illustration Index/ N7525.V3 Reference
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Includes references to images found in books and periodicals |
SIMON Search Tips:
| Combine your keyword with pictorial |
| Use sounds as subject heading |
| Limit keyword search to material type: film & video, music recording, non-music recordings |
Databases
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Images from art collections |
Art Index, Includes references to images found in periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins
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Click on the Bridgeman link |
Web Sites
Use a search engine like Google or Yahoo
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Limit your search to pictures or sound. |
| Sources, Analogues & Influences Look for those materials that helped provide a basis for the play, that influenced its development, or that share similar attributes, qualities, or characteristics
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Aristophanes - Menander
Jayaswal, Shakuntala. "Chasing the Comic Muse: Beckett, Stoppard, Orton, and Churchill in the Aristophanic and Menandrian Tradition." Dissertation Abstracts International, 48:6 (1987 Dec.), 1460A
Harold Pinter
See also sources in The Author & His/Her Worlds, Drama Criticism
| Look for the words "sources" or "influence" |
