invisible women

[Brian Morton]

On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Kathy Chung wrote:
 
> Hello everyone --
>
> I am trying to compile a list of plays (esp. Canadian, esp. feminist but
> not exculsively so) which deal with a central female character who is
> herself absent (for most or all of the play) from the stage (or text).  I
> am thinking in the line of Susan Glaspell's _Triffles_.  I can think of
> _This is for You, Anna_.
>
> Your suggestions of other plays would be greatly appreciated!
> Thank you.
>
> Kathy.
>
 
How about David Demchuk's full length version of IF BETTY SHOULD RISE?
 
The play features four monologues by different sisters, and it isn't
until the last one that we meet Betty.
 
Cheers
 
 
Brian Morton
Theatre Erebus Inc.