First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Introduction, Julia Pascal; Chapter 1 Shakespeare's Cleopatra, the Male Gaze, and Madonna: Performance Dilemmas, Elizabeth Schafer; Chapter 2 Uncovering Heroines: Some Theatrical Perspectives on the French Revolution, Celita Lamar; Chapter 3 Dialogues of the Heart: Norodom Sihanouk and Mahatma Ghandi as Portrayed by Hélène Cixous, Celita Lamar; Chapter 4 On Creativity and Anger, Julia Pascal; Chapter 5 Revolution and Poetry in Feyder's Le Chant du retour, Patricia Lancaster; Chapter 6 Laughing All the Way to the Ghetto: Lesbian Farce, Jackie Clune; Chapter 7 Women, Theatre, and Territory: The Omaha Magic Theatre and the Boundaries of Theatrical Performance, Susan Lynn Carlson; Chapter 8 Songs of the Twentieth Century: The Plays of Ludmila Petrushevskaya, Béatrice Picon-Vallin, Catherine Dale; Chapter 9 Bloody Hard Work: Women in Nontraditional Work in Theatre, Peta Tait; Chapter 10 Mother Tongue: Colonized Bodies and Performing Cultures, Susan Bennett; Chapter 11 Women's Theatre in Italy, Susan Bassnett; Chapter 12 Demeter Beneath the Sand, SERENA SARTORI, RENATA COLUCCINI, TEATRO COOPERATIVO DEL SOLE;