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1. Gender, adaptation and authorship: three decades of The Woman in Black.

Author

Roberts, Robin

Subjects
*GHOST stories, *HORROR plays, *FEMINISM, *AUTHORSHIP
Abstract

The second-longest running play in London,The Woman in Blackdraws its energy from presenting the threat posed to patriarchal society by the repressed feminine. Analyzing the novella and film as well as a dramatic text, this essay focuses on the portrayal of a murderous,vengeful female ghost who, having lost her child, terrorizes a village. Attempting to banish her by appropriating and retelling her story, male authors and the audience learn the repressed feminine cannot be contained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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