ABSTRACT
The texts studied in this book so far have offered insights into gender issues; most have also been relevant to discussion of the impact of feminist thought on literary study. But few of them could be called 'feminist texts'. The distinction between literature that can be read and interpreted as feminist, and literature that is intended by its author to be feminist, is a thorny issue. In this chapter we will explore it through close study of one contemporary playwright, Caryl Churchill, and her relationship to feminism and the theatre.
