Magdalena

Susan Bassnett Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature,University of Warwick

• Part 1 The birth of Magdalena: women's theatre past and present; third theatre - the women's story; Mary Magdalena - the archetypal performer; the captive waves. Part 2 Magdalena '86 - the first meeting: planning the festival; the shape of the festival; a Magdalena manifesto; the practitioners; performances, discussions, workshops; working with objects; recreating women; music and the voice; politics and plays; the second phase; Magdalena voices; the Magdalena performance; strength, silence and unresolved doubts. Part 3 The Magdalena project: the search for new directions; mothers and directors; nominatae filiae. Part 4 The future of women's theatre.