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Feminist theater grew out of the wider Political theater of the 1970s, and continues to the present. It can take on a variety of meanings, but the constant thread is the lived experience of women.[1][2]

  1. ^ Canning, Charlotte (1993). "Constructing Experience: Theorizing a Feminist Theatre History". Theatre Journal. Vol. 45, no. 4. pp. 529–540.
  2. ^ Castellani, Catherine (March 16, 2017). "What IS a Feminist Play Anyway? What IS vs. What Should Be". Women in Theater Journal Online. Retrieved December 26, 2019.

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