{"product_id":"the-anastasia-trials-in-the-carolyn-gage-9780573628436","title":"The Anastasia Trials in the Court of Women","description":"\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\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn Gage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0573628432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780573628436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel French, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Carolyn Gage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945967976703,"sku":"9780573628436","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ee328d9e-4d99-4801-8280-7649616ec13e.jpg?v=1681510777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-anastasia-trials-in-the-carolyn-gage-9780573628436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}