Room of One’s Own, A

Synopsis: `A Room of One’s Own’ is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. first published in 1929, and based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women’s colleges at Cambridge University in 1928. The premise is that for women to write fiction they need 500ドル and a room of their own. At one point in the reading Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister, Judith, who was equally gifted with literary genius; the circumstances of the times she argues would have prevented her from exercising that talent.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Transmission details: 7 Jun 1987 at 22:30 (Channel: ITV)
Duration: 57 mins

Production type: Television and Radio Drama
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); women; writing; One-Person shows

History: The production was shown in America on PBS 6 January 1991 at 21:00 in the Masterpiece Theatre series; it is this transmission that is held by the Paley Center for Media.
Awards: Eileen Atkin’s one-woman stage show was an international success, earning Atkins a Drama Desk Award for Best Solo Performance and a special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf.

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