State of Plays for Female Playwrights

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The State of Plays for Australian, Female and Local Playwrights in Perth

Recently there has been some public debate in the Eastern states press about perceived gender inequity in theatre programming. The statistics, such as are available, are bleak for Australian women playwrights in the major theatre companies. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that in the 2011 season, only 4% of plays programmed nationally were by women.

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