Top Girls

Top Girls
Poster of Royal Court Theatre revival, 1991
Written byCaryl Churchill
Date premiered28 August 1982
Place premieredRoyal Court Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish

Top Girls is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill. It centres on Marlene, a career-driven woman who is heavily invested in women's success in business. The play examines the roles available to women in old society, and what it means or takes for a woman to succeed. It also dwells heavily on the cost of ambition and the influence of Thatcherite politics on feminism.

Top Girls has been included on a variety of "greatest plays" lists by critics and publications.

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