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The Female of the Species Paperback – 4 February 2008

by Joanna Murray-Smith (Author)

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Thirty years ago Margot Mason, pioneer of the 1970s Women's Liberation movement and fearless academic, wrote her groundbreaking work and numerous best-sellers followed. Now she has writer's block. Molly, an unannounced visitor and committed fan of Margot and her work, offers a potential solution―until Molly produces a gun and calmly informs Margot that she intends to kill her because she blames her for warping her mother's mind and ruining her life with her hit book The Cerebral Vagina. Joanna Murray-Smith's deliciously wicked comedy deftly walks the tightrope between satire and farce proving the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male. This latest gem from the pen of one of Australia's most outstanding playwrights was inspired by Germaine Greer's experience of being held captive in her country house in Essex in 2000.

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JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH's plays have been produced throughout Australia and all over the world, including Honour, which had a public reading with Meryl Streep and was produced on Broadway in 1998, the National Theatre, London, in 2003, and on the West End with Dame Diana Rigg in 2005. Other plays include Fury; Songs for Nobodies; Switzerland; Pennsylvania Avenue; True Minds; Day One A Hotel, Evening; Rockabye; Ninety; Bombshells; Rapture; Nightfall; Redemption; Love Child; Atlanta; Flame and acclaimed adaptations of Hedda Gabler and Scenes From A Marriage, many of which have been translated into other languages. She has been nominated for and won many awards. Her novels include Truce and Judgement Rock, both published by Penguin Australia, and Sunnyside, published by Penguin Australia and Viking in the UK.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Currency Press (4 February 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0868198250
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0868198255
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 0.5 x 21 cm

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RastyTheCat

Good fun

Reviewed in Australia on 19 January 2017

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Good read / a degree of familiarity with fem lit would help the enjoyment. A solid Aussie play. Nice fast paced switching of roles and men well represented.

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Lou

Look at Honor instead

Reviewed in the United States on 17 July 2014

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so disappointed. I LOVED her other play, Honor, but this one didn't do much for me. I found it trite and stereotypical

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