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First there was a discussion on the mysterious existence of men not tough enough to read female authors.

Then I decided I wanted to be pro-active and assemble the best female writers and the best female characters.

In the following categories of popular culture:

Fiction Prose or Graphic Novels (original)
TV Drama scripts (original)
Film scripts (original)
Stage plays (original)

I am looking for submissions of one, five, ten or fifty characters and authors that in your opinion are:

1. Best lead female character written by a female.

Great female characters written by great male authors and great male characters written by great female authors are found here.

Female characters in popular culture in review are found here.

STAGE PLAYS

The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
I enjoyed the portrayal of all the female characters.
I saw this play in Perth with Brooke Satchwell, Vivienne Garrett, Sarah McNeill and Carol Burns.

Playhouse Creatures by April de Angelis
A play with only women on stage! I had an extremely good time, as did many others.
I saw this play in Perth with Tiffany Barton, Rhoda Lopez, Angelique Malcolm, Claire Munday and Summer Williams.

FICTION NOVELS

LUCY SNOWE in Villette
by Currier Bell, I mean, Charlotte Bronte

CHRISTABEL LA MOTTE in Possession
by AS Byatt, I mean, Antonia Susan Duffy

ELLEN OLENSKA in The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton

SARA LIWELLAN in The Exiles Series
by Melanie Rawn

FILM SCRIPTS

This is hard because all my favorite movies with female leads are from books or history. From Elizabeth to The Devil Wears Prada.

TV DRAMA

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