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- Title
A Sadly Overlooked Lesbian Gem: Hope Thompson's Green.
- Authors
Gilbert, Sky
- Abstract
This article is an appreciation of the work of little-known lesbian playwright Hope Thompson-an underappreciated film-maker and playwright in Toronto who has been creating work for the last twenty years. The piece uses Hope's play Green as a starting point for an analysis of her work. The methodology is close reading, but the essay is not strictly an academic research paper; instead it is a loving and impressionistic journey through a unique lesbian feminist script. Hope Thompson's work is radical queer feminist playwriting that, instead of foregrounding female romance and lesbian civil rights, makes a radical case for lesbians as sexual beings who negotiate power in a Foucauldian sense. Her work is also radical because it uses camp adroitly and profoundly. Hope's stylistic quirks are typical of queer male writing and situate her in a very interesting political place in terms of the lesbian canon.
- Subjects
CANADA; THOMPSON, Hope; GREEN (Theatrical production); CANADIAN dramatists; LESBIAN dramatists; CAMP (Style); LESBIAN feminism; 21ST century (Literary period)
- Publication
Canadian Theatre Review, 2012, Issue 149, p27
- ISSN
0315-0836
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.3138/ctr.149.27