Top Girls by Caryl Churchill - Essay Example

Top Girls- Caryl Churchill Part1 A debate of the predicaments of women forms the body of Top Girls by Churchill. I believe in the liberation of women from gender prejudice and it is this fact resonates with me. Women both from present world and history are selected to explain the supremacy by the men over the women. This would then lead to a discussion of the mechanisms that need to be put in place to lessen the gender prejudice on the women. One could connect with the challenges faced by Marlene in her journey towards achieving her dream of being manager of Top Girls organization (Churchill 1982).

My general thought of the production is that the director did an excellent job in explaining the challenges facing tough women.Part2 The play commences in the café where Marlene waits for her friends to arrive to celebrate her success as the boss of the employment agency (Churchill 1982). The women guests explain their experiences prior to attaining their goals. Scene one in Act 2 displays Marlene at the agency working while Scene 2 shows Angie and Kit playing. Angie says that she would kill her mother as she had been sleeping around (Churchill 1982).

In Scene 3 Marlene arrives, Nell and Win gossip about the latest in the office. Angie arrives; but is shy in Marlene’s presence. Mrs. Kidd interrupts and requests Marlene to step down from the “man’s job” for her desperate husband, Howard. Marlene declines Mrs. Kidd’s offer. Nell then arrives with the news that Howard had had a heart attack but Marlene is not moved (Churchill 1982). The final act takes place in Joyce’s kitchen, where Marlene, Joyce and Angie share experiences. Joyce and Marlene are wary that Angie may not make much of herself.

Joyce is skeptical of her success, but Marlene insists that she will be a successful woman, just like her mother who is revealed to be Marlene (Churchill 1982). The setting played a more active role in my experience of the film by crafting a completely simulated world on my understanding of the film. The setting is in Britain where the success of women is regarded stylish and fashionable (Churchill 1982). Work citedChurchill, Caryl, dir. Top Girls. Samuel French, Inc., 1982. Film.