The Split Britches theatre company have led the way in innovative and challenging lesbian performance for the last decade. This anthology looks at the theatre and writing of Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and Deborah Margolin, who make up this troupe. It includes seven Split Britches texts, as well as a critical, historical introduction by Sue-Ellen Case. There are also programme notes to accompany each of the plays, and a range of photographic illustrations. The publication of the Split Britches play texts, collected here for the first time, provides access to these performance pieces for both the...

Sue-Ellen Case is arguably the most influential and significant scholar in feminist and queer theatre studies. This collection brings together her most important writing. Framing this with new introductory material, Sue-Ellen Case will contextualise her work within broader developments in critical theory and feminist / lesbian studies.

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.