{"product_id":"the-anastasia-trials-in-the-court-of-women-paperback","title":"The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Gage\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA play with intense audience participation! Engrossing controversial courtroom drama where the audience must serve as judge and jury deciding motions and verdict in a case against the five women who betrayed the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov the last surviving daughter of the Tsar of Russia. Complex ethical questions on a set of folding chairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Anastasia Trials is a farcical but profoundly engaging excursion into the hidden world of ethics for women who are both survivors and perpetrators of abuse toward women. The format is a play-within-a-play where a radical feminist theatre company comes together in order to perform a courtroom drama. The play is shaped by the audience decisions to overrule or sustain the attorneys' motions and every night's audience sees a different play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn presenting the play the Emma Goldman Theatre Brigade has instituted a new system to insure equal opportunity for the actors: a lottery. As the women assemble to draw their roles from the hat for the evening's performance sisterhood is put to the test. The performance itself is a conspiracy trial against five women accused of denying a woman her identity. The plaintiff is none other than Anastasia Romanov sole survivor of the massacre of the Russian imperial family in 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eÿ \"Elegantly conceived...A feminist \u003cem\u003eNoises Off\u003c\/em\u003e.\" - \u003cem\u003eWashington City Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Powerful.\" -\u003cem\u003eSan Diego Lesbian Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Farce social history debate play agitprop audience participation melodrama satire [that] makes the head reel!\" -\u003cem\u003eSan Diego Union Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wild... It's lively and moves quickly... Very funny yet poignant.\" -\u003cem\u003eWashington Blade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carolyn Gage's raucous multilayered script explores issues of empathy loyalty and betrayal among women...\" --The Washington Post.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Verdict: An unexpected delight... \" --Miami Herald FL.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... farcical humor imaginative plot twists and just pure theatrical fun...\" --South Florida Sun-Sentinel Ft. Lauderdale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... fascinating and complex play...\"--Fresno Beehive.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am constantly amazed at Carolyn's ability to make complex social issues not only accessible but also irresistibly fascinating... the play... [The Anastasia Trials ] touched us made us laugh and gripped us in a white-knuckle intensity usually found only in Hitchcock films.\" --R.J. McComish Literary Manager of the Portland Stage Company Portland Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... fabulously interesting brilliantly thought-provoking and exquisitely funny... masterpiece of feminist theater...\" --off our backs Washington DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Each performance could potentially have a different result and many students saw every performance just so they could see how the show ended.\"--At Oldfields Glencoe MD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52503690903859,"sku":"9780573628436","price":30.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/0PrLZnrXeP9780573628436.webp?v=1784147198","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-anastasia-trials-in-the-court-of-women-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}