Stage women, 1900–50: Female theatre workers and professional practice (Women, Theatre and Performance)

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Synopsis
This book presents a collection of cutting-edge historical and cultural essays in the field of women, theatre and performance. The chapters explore women’s networks of professional practice in the theatre and performance industries between 1900 and 1950, with a focus on women’s sense and experience of professional agency in an industry largely controlled by men. The book is divided into two sections: ‘Female theatre workers in the social and theatrical realm’ looks at the relationship between women’s work – on and off stage – and autobiography, activism, technique, touring, education and the law. ‘Women and popular performance’ focuses on the careers of individual artists, once household names, including Lily Brayton, Ellen Terry, radio star Mabel Constanduros and Oscar-winning film star Margaret Rutherford.An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
Copyright:
2019

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781526136879
Related ISBNs:
9781526100702, 9781526147271
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
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Copyrighted By:
Maggie B. Gale and Kate Dorney
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Maggie B. Gale
Edited by:
Kate Dorney

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