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Top Girls is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill. It is about a woman named Marlene, a career woman who...

Top Girls is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill. It is about a woman named Marlene, a career woman who is employed at the 'Top Girls' employment agency. It looks closely at her family she left behind. Marlene left her poor life to enjoy success, and we find out that she left her illegitimate child with her sister. During the 2007-2008 New York theatre season, Manhattan Theatre Club presented the play at the Biltmore Theatre in a production starring Mary Catherine Garrison, Mary Beth Hurt, Jennifer Ikeda, Elizabeth Marvel, Martha Plimpton, Ana Reeder, and Marisa Tomei. The production is directed by frequent Churchill collaborator James Macdonald. The MTC production marked the Broadway premiere of "Top Girls". The play is set in Britain and implicitly condemns the increasing incidence of Thatcherite values in society, especially their effect on Feminism. Churchill has stated that the play was inspired by her conversations with American feminists: it comments on the contrast between American feminism, which celebrates individualistic women who acquire power and wealth, and British socialist feminism, which involves collective group gain. In addition, there is also a commentary on Margaret