Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The text discusses the visual and aural sublots of Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles by analyzing the ways in which the deliberate presentation of paintings by various women artists over time, such as Sofonisba Anguissola, Clara Peetrs and Lily Martin Spencer, foretells and exemplifies the plot-struggle of American women in the 60s, 70s and 80s in both public and private realms, as depicted by Wasserstein’s play. Since the drama also contains a list of songs (to be used for the subsequent performances), the analysis will also look into how these refurnish the plot in a similar manner to that of the previously mentioned paintings.
Author: Réka M. Cristian
Institution: University of Szeged
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4416914472
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