Top Girls | |
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Written by | Caryl Churchill |
Date premiered | 28 August 1982 |
Place premiered | Royal Court Theatre, London |
Original language | English |
Top Girls is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill. It centres on Marlene, a career-driven woman who is heavily invested in women's success in business. The play examines the roles available to women in old society, and what it means or takes for a woman to succeed. It also dwells heavily on the cost of ambition and the influence of Thatcherite politics on feminism.
Top Girls has been included on a variety of "greatest plays" lists by critics and publications.[1][2][3][4]