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A critical analysis of the plays of Sarah Daniels.
No full textAs one of the forerunners of 'second wave' feminist playwriting, Sarah Daniels has for the
past fifteen years been one of Britain's most prolific writers for the stage. This thesis is the
first to offer a detailed critical analysis of all her published plays along with a developmental
account of her career. My approach throughout is text-based and non-prescriptive,
although I do at certain points indicate where Daniels reflects or voices differing feminist
perspectives. I also consider, beginning in Chapter Three, the critical reception and
'gendered' reviewing the playwright has received over the years.
The thesis is organised into five chapters with an Afterword. Chapter One, the
Introduction, offers an overview of Daniels' career as well as certain key characteristics of
her work. In Chapter Two I analyse the early plays, Ripen Our Darkness, The Devil's
Gateway and Neaptide, and consider in particular how they reflect, along with other
women's playwriting at the time, certain ideals of the Women's Liberation Movement.
Chapter Three is devoted entirely to Masterpieces, Daniels' most controversial and, on
many levels, successful play to date. Chapter Four is an analysis of the 'history plays',
Byrthrite and The Gut Girls. In addition to giving voice to women traditionally silenced in
and by history, these plays (especially Byrthrite) also echo particular strands of modern
feminist debate. Chapter Five examines Daniels' plays of the 1990s (Beside Herself, Head-
Rot Holiday and The Madness of Esme and Shaz) with their central theme of 'women and
madness'. This is also a fitting theme with which to conclude the thesis as it brings together
and expands on the most significant motif running throughout the playwright's work. In the
Afterword I consider the effect of Esme and Shaz's critical reception on Daniels, as well as
her current 'work in progress'. Finally, the two Appendices provide a chronological table of
Daniels' productions and a list of subsequent professional productions as well as awards
Note from A. L. Daniels to S. B. Simmons or W. T. Johnson
No full textNote from A. L. Daniels to S. B. Simmons or W. T. Johnson, requesting records
Riccia sarieae A. E. D. Daniels & D. T. T. Daniels A. Thalli B. Thallus 2022, sp. nov.
No full textRiccia sarieae A.E.D. Daniels & D.T.T. Daniels, sp. nov. (Figures 1–2) Holotype: — India, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, Kanniyakumari District, Marunthuvazhmalai, an open hillock, on damp soil-covered rocks, at ca 40 m a.s.l, 08˚07.758ʹ N and 77˚30.851ʹ E, 2 October 2021, D.T.T. Daniels 17 (holotype: CAL; isotype: SCCN), 20, 34, 35 (Paratypes: SCCN). Plants monoicous, in overlapping patches. Thallus 1.5–4 × 1–2 mm, simple or once dichotomously branched, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, bluish-green to rarely green. Ventral scales prominent, semilunar, not extending beyond margin, purple, closing over the dorsal surface when dry. Rhizoids numerous, smooth and tuberculate. Thalli dorsally sulcate towards apex and disappearing at base, twice or thrice as broad as high in cross section, ventrally convex, parabolic near apex with tubers; air spaces narrow, slit-like; epidermal cells quadrate to rounded-quadrate, hyaline, collapsing when mature with the lower part thickened and persisting, attached to a second layer of cells.Antheridia and archegonia along mid-dorsal groove; antheridial ostioles conspicuous. Sporogonia along mid-dorsal groove. Spores 64–80 × 48–64 µm, ovoid to roughly tetrahedral, crenulate, brown, 9–11 areolae on distal face; areolations ridged; triradiate mark faint. Habitat: On soil-covered rocks, in open hillock, ca 40 m. Distribution: India: Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu (Kanniyakumari). (Figure 3) Specimens examined: INDIA. Western Ghats: Tamil Nadu, Kanniyakumari District, Marunthuvazhmalai, ca 40 m, 08˚07.758ʹ N and 77˚30.851ʹ E, 2 October 2021, D.T.T. Daniels 17, 20, 34, 35. Etymology Named after Dr. Sarie Magdalena Perold (1928–2011), who was recognized as a leading authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of African thallose liverworts, especially the genus Riccia. Discussion Riccia sarieae shows a close resemblance to the cosmopolitan species Riccia sorocarpa which shows a disjunct distribution in India by its occurrence on the Himalaya in the North and the Western Ghats in the South. However, some gametophytic characters and the spore morphology of the species in question are distinct from that of the putative species. Riccia sarieae is a monoicous species with bluish-green thalli. In cross section, the thallus is roughly parabolic with the epidermal cells collapsing at maturity. These are characters more or less similar to that of R. sorocarpa. However, characters that can be attributed to R. sarieae are the presence of ventral tubers at the apex which are absent in R. sorocarpa, quadrate to rounded-quadrate epidermal cells which are ovate and mamillate at the apex in R. sorocarpa; ovoid to roughly tetrahedral spores lacking an equatorial wing and distinctly ridged areolae versus spores that are tetrahedral and winged with faint ridges in the case of R. sorocarpa. Riccia sarieae also shows some resemblance to that of R. velimalaiana Daniels & Daniel (2002: 139) which possesses a simple or once dichotomously branched thallus, purple ventral scales, the crenulate spores lacking an equatorial wing. However, R. sarieae differs from the latter in having a lanceolate thallus not obovate; ventral scales not protruding beyond thallus margin but protruding in R. velimalaiana and spores being ovoid to roughly tetrahedral with a faint triradiate mark whereas in R. velimalaiana the spores are tetrahedral with a distinct triradiate mark. Riccia boliviensis Jovet-Ast. (1991: 242), reported by Asthana and Srivastava (2021) from the Eastern Ghats of Peninsular India, has unique features such as green thalli with ventral scales extending beyond the thallus margin, tetrahedral spores with equatorial wing, vermiculate areolation and a distinct triradiate mark distinguishing R. boliviensis from R. sarieae. Riccia sarieae completes its life cycle within a short span of time between the month of July and October.Although it was collected on exposed soil-covered rocks in Scrub forests, the prevailing forest type in that locality, it could not be found fresh before or after monsoon rains. On the other hand, the presence of tubers at the apex suggests that R. sarieae is more of an ephemeral species than a xeromorphic one.Published as part of Daniels, A. E. D. & Daniels, D. T. T., 2022, Riccia sarieae (Ricciaceae: Marchantiophyta) - a new species from a fragmented hillock of the Western Ghats, India, pp. 201-205 in Phytotaxa 554 (2) on pages 203-205, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.554.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/682099
Letter from Charlie Daniels to S. B. Simmons
No full textLetter from Charlie Daniels to S. B. Simmons, concerning issues with one T. J. Greenlee
T-12 Side A - Sophia Daniels
No full textMrs. Daniels (nee Basha) grew up in Curling and her husband worked at the pulp and paper mill. She recollects life in Curling before and after the opening of the mill, and her family’s business.Side B of cassette tape is blank
Letter from W. T. Johnson to Edsel L. Daniels
No full textLetter from W. T. Johnson to Edsel L. Daniels, requesting transcript
Letter from W. T. Johnson to Edsel L. Daniels
No full textLetter from W. T. Johnson to Edsel L. Daniels, recommending him for a Vocational Agriculture Teacher position
Letter from C. H. Daniels to S. J. Phillips
No full textLetter from C. H. Daniels to S. J. Phillips, thanking him for hosting a field trip to the Booker T. Washington Memorial Birthplace
Letter from C. H. Daniels
No full textLetter from C. H. Daniels, concerning prize winners in Plant Food Institute corn contest
Letter from Charlie Daniels to Mr. Simmons
No full textLetter from Charlie Daniels to Mr. Simmons, concerning meeting of Price Group
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