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These plays offer many exciting female roles centre stage, tackling contemporary topics such as child poverty in Africa, the Palestinian question, female friendship and society's attitudes to child abuse. They are ideal for use in schools, colleges, youth theatres, amateur and community groups, and offer a wide variety of material for both study and performance. Recommended for students on courses in Feminist Theatre at colleges and universities. The plays: Yours Abundantly, from Zimbabwe, by Gillian Plowman From the Mouths of Mothers, by Amanda Stuart Fisher Welcome to Ramallah, by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay Sweet Cider by Emteaz Hussain The Awkward Squad by Karin Young For a Button by Rachel Barnett