Sarah Daniels

"Linda Dahl, granted unprecedented access to the large Williams archive, has given us the whole of William's very full life, from her often harrowing days on the road to her tumultuous marriages and love affairs, from the ups and downs of her unique fifty-year career to the remarkable spirituality that came to inform both her daily life and her music. This is a portrait of one of our least understood and most important musicians."--BOOK JACKET.

The women of Deptford Foreign Cattle Market are up to their elbows in the guts of animals, working twelve or thirteen hours a day preparing meat for London's butcher shops. They are pilloried, and marginalised, even if they are well-paid. One local well-to-do woman decides that the Christian thing to do would be to teach these women how to act like young ladies, train them up for a life as maid-servants, 'improve' them. Of course, it does not work out that way: the women get laid off from their jobs and end up separated and even imprisoned via the wealthy houses of London society. 'The Gut Girls' contrasts the bloody mess of independence and solidarity with the apparently pristine face of upper-class life. It was premiered at the Albany Empire theatre in Deptford, London, in 1988.

Set in the 17th century, 'Byrthrite' tells the story of a group of women who, using a variety of tactics and paths, fight back against the growing, male-dominated obsession with herbal medicine, so-called 'witchcraft', and the purging of innocent women. Daniels repeatedly shows the connection between the medical profession and the subjugation of women: as timely an observation in the era of IVF and the fight for abortion rights as it was in 17th century Britain, suggesting that solidarity amongst women in this matter can and should transcend all other dichotomies of politics, religion and wealth. 'Byrthrite' was first produced in the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, in 1986.

'Neaptide', first performed in 1986 at the Cottesloe National Theatre, London, is a modern story framed around the ancient myth of Demeter and her daughter Persephone. Claire is a history teacher at a local school where two teenage girls have come out and their principal is aiming to have them expelled. Claire, who had been hiding the fact that she is homosexual, speaks up on their behalf, despite fighting her ex-husband for custody of their precocious and happy daughter.

Captured, tortured, and nearly executed...just another day on the job for Logan Chambliss and Dragon One. Their mission: clean up a highly sensitive mess the CIA made in Venezuela involving the country's marked vice president. Too bad the plan went belly up—then downhill with the appearance of a gutsy, gorgeous, take-it-or leave-it female Logan just happens to know intimately. And who should be dead... Tessa Carlyle should never have answered the phone. There she was, going native in Fiji for her job as a National Geographic location scout when a voice from her past crashes her perfect life. Threatened with blackmail, her only choice is to help a man she despises—to help a man she never forgot. But her unlikely resurrection puts her directly in the crosshairs of a ruthless killer... From the rain forests of Venezuela to the streets of Caracas, Logan and Tessa will have to negotiate a twisted trail of deceit and betrayal. At stake is the fate of two nations and a deadly threat that could kill millions… And time is running out...