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Maureen Duffy and B.S. Johnson met at King's College London in 1956 when they both enrolled to read for a degree in English Literature. In Jonathan Coe's biography of B.S. Johnson there is a reference to you and Bryan as being the only 'serious' students of literature amongst your contemporaries at King's College London in the 50s.1 Does this match your recollection of that time? MD: There is a sense of you both having to fight quite hard to get to that place at King's and it meaning a lot to you. Every work of art, of literature in a way is experimental. Did it come out on a personal level? MD: Because I don't think that Bryan thought that women could write seriously and there were occasions when he would come out with something so old-fashioned: a 'bloke-ishness.'

(1933– ), writer, educated at King's College, London. Her first novel, That's How It Was (1962),

This study theorizes the origins and history of the professional female playwright and director from the Restoration period to the present day through the stage history of Behn's most popular play, The Rover. Part one is comprised of two chapters: the first in this section argues the importance of appreciating Behn's proto-directorial function in the Restoration theatre and her significance to the history of feminism and women in professional theatre; the second chapter in this section examines the implications of casting practices and venue changes to eighteenth-century revivals of Behn's canon with a particular eye towards what a contemporary director can glean from 18th century revivals. Part II draws on archival research and personal interviews with directors, actors, and dramaturges to examine the historical significance of two particular twentieth-century, woman-directed revivals of The Rover: the 1989 revival at the Goodman directed by Kyle Donnelly and the 1994 revival at the Guthrie directed by Joanne Akalaitis. This study argues the synergistic impact at the time of woman-directed revivals of the most popular play by the first professional female playwright to the emergence of the professional woman director in America in the 1980s and 1990s. Part III consists of three chapters that examine woman-directed revivals of The Rover against the backdrop of theatre practice and sexual politics in the 2000s: one chapter analyzes cross-gender revivals of The Rover by Queen's Company in Brooklyn, NY (2001) and Woman's Will in San Francisco (2003); the next chapter examines a 2011 site-specific, panoramic production of The Rover at the World Financial Center directed by Karin Coonrod for New York Classical Theatre; the final chapter in this section analyzes a 2013 gender parodic production that I directed for Thinking Cap Theatre in Fort Lauderdale. This study argues for the importance of contemporary archiving and revival activism to historicizing the concept of the glass curtain and the gender parity movement in professional theatre and to improving the rate of employment of female directors and playwrights.

This essay reflects on the topic of human/animal hybrids as they appear dramatized in Maureen Duffy's Gor Saga (1981), Pat Murphy's \"Rachel in Love\" (1987), and Charis Thompson Cussins's short story \"Confessions of a Bioterrorist: Subject Position and Reproductive Technologies\" (1998). These texts also fictionalize the topic of interspecies pregnancy and the vexed question of humanizing the animal and potentially bestializing the human. Human/animal chimeras and the issue of hybridization need to be considered in terms of the ethics surrounding cross-species genetic exchanges and the question of humanism, which the crossing of species boundaries calls into question. How far can interventions into the human genome be carried out without changing a human being into a different species? Will these changes affect the moral status of that human being, raising extremely complex ethical questions? As a theoretical framework I will use recent work on chimerism and mosaicism, which defy \"western heteronormative notions of kinship,\" in the words of Myra J. Hird, as well as current debates on the ethics of biotechnological interventions on the human and animal genomes.

The Queensland Teachers' Union has been meeting with the government's construction arm, QBuild, and Education Queensland officials and will ask members to vote on Tuesday about strike action. \"They're looking for answers mainly to do with what is going to happen to the asbestos at the school,\" Ms [Maureen Duffy] told AAP on Monday. \"Apparently all schools of that age are full of asbestos. Usually if you don't disturb the asbestos it's not a problem.

To avoid that cash-in-an-envelope stigma that a gift card can have, Maureen Duffy of Duffy's Accessories on Linden Street in Scranton puts her gift certificates in a patterned display box with a bow. \"We always have good inventory and selection,\" she said. \"People can usually find the right gift and don't have to resort to a card.\" There are some caveats about gift cards for giver and receiver. Those giving should buy cards from stores frequented by the recipient. Those who receive gift cards should use them right away, to reduce the chance of losing them. Using them promptly protects buyers from the possibility that a store may relocate or go out of business. A study conducted this year estimated that more than $44 billion worth of gift cards go unused.

When Georgia fifth-grader Jaheem Herrera didn't come down for dinner one evening in April 2009, his family climbed the stairs to his bedroom. They found the 11-year-old hanging by his belt in the closet. Family members said Jaheem often complained that his classmates called him \"gay\" and \"the virgin\" because he was from the Virgin Islands. \"Preventing bullying can be as simple as refusing to spread a rumor, all the way up to putting yourself between two people,\" she says. \"We all have the power to take action in our lives. And we hope that through 'Bully,' people will be moved off the sidelines.\" \"There's an increased awareness but it's not matched by an adequate response,\" she says. \"First responders need to be prepared to act. Their first responsibility is to protect the victim.\"

When Georgia fifth-grader Jaheem Herrera didn't come down for dinner one evening in April 2009, his family climbed the stairs to his bedroom. They found the 11-year-old hanging by his belt in the closet. Family members said Jaheem often complained that classmates called him \"gay\" and \"the virgin\" because he was from the Virgin Islands. \"Preventing bullying can be as simple as refusing to spread a rumor, all the way up to putting yourself between two people,\" she says. \"We all have the power to take action in our lives. And we hope that through 'Bully,' people will be moved off the sidelines.\" \"There's an increased awareness but it's not matched by an adequate response,\" she says. \"First responders need to be prepared to act. Their first responsibility is to protect the victim.\"

After the second annual \"Small Business Saturday,\" local businesses in Scranton said the concept is catching on. \"Small retailers cater to a different clientele on a different level - they really do know their customer,\" said Ms. [Alma Schaffer], who goes to small retailers to find items that are unique and different from goods sold at mass market stores. \"I was so happy she noticed the event and that we helped her get a great deal,\" Mrs. [Pat Caterino] said. \"Small Business Saturday is a great way to get people to recognize small businesses. I think next year it will really take off.\"