Top Girls by Caryl Churchill

**** 4 Extra celebrates the 70th anniversary of London's Royal Court Theatre with a selection of its ground-breaking dramas ****

Marlene celebrates her promotion to managing director of the Top Girls Employment Agency with a dinner.

Her guests are five women from history, art and literature. But what price has Marlene paid for her success?

Caryl Churchill’s drama examines the political costs of women rising to the top.

First staged at the Royal Court in 1982.

Marlene .... Emma Fielding
Isabella .... Brigit Forsyth
Nijo .... Naoko Mori
Dull Gret .... Saskia Mulder
Pope Joan .... Sheila Hancock
Griselda .... Olwen May
Joyce .... Helen McCrory
Angie .... Emily Chennery
Kit .... Lulu Popplewell
Nell .... Nikki Amuka Bird
Win .... Claire Rushbrook
Jeanine .... Ellanne Byrne
Louise .... Siobhan Finneran
Mrs Kidd .... Julia Rounthwaite
Shona .... Rina Mahoney

Music composed by Dominique Le Gendre.

Director: Nadia Molinari

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006.