Top Girls is a play that examines the role of women in business and society. Marlene, the main character, has had to choose between having a child and having a career. She chose the latter, leaving her child with her sister. The play uses surrealism and experimentation to make a comment on feminism and the roles women can take on. The opening act features a dinner party hosted by Marlene, with a cast of historical figures. The final act is a flashback, showing a younger Marlene leaving her daughter behind.
A Comparative Essay of A Dolls House and Top Girls Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House and Caryl Churchills Top Girls both are a pillar of critical writing about the society they were originally produced in and have a central theme of the oppression of women which makes them great sources of feminist reviews Although Ibsen abandoned the concept that the play was about gender roles Urban 1997 the central question is beyond the original context within which the plays were produced and received A Dolls Ho