Nadezhda Ptushkina's plays reflect her keen interest in
constructing multidimensional characters that reflect the myriad
ways people are affected by today's turbulent world. Often writing
strong female roles, she does not shy away from exploring the
sometimes tragic implications that lie behind her comical, almost
farcical scenes. Ptushkina questions the nature of love, and
explores the boundaries between the spiritual and the base, the
constructive and the destructive, that lie within every human
being. Conflict between the sexes constitutes the core of
Ptushkina's plays, in which she warns the audience against
confusing sex and love. Ptushkina rejects any notion that men and
women are the same, seeing gender differences rather than
personality differences as the main source of tension between men
and women. Her plays thus dwell on this 'battle of the sexes' and
the resulting lack of respect for women that she sees in today's
Russia.In this new translation, western readers have a chance to
discover why Ptushkina's work holds such wide appeal in the Russian
theatre.
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