Stage women, 1900–50: Female theatre workers and professional practice

Open Access Published by Manchester University Press 2019

Stage women, 1900–50

Female theatre workers and professional practice

Edited by: Maggie B. Gale and Kate Dorney

In the series Women, Theatre and Performance

https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526147271

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About this book

This book presents cutting-edge historical and cultural essays in the field of women, theatre and performance. It explore women’s networks of professional practice in the 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.

Author / Editor information

Gale Maggie B. :

Maggie B. Gale is Professor and Chair in Drama at The University of Manchester

Maggie B. Gale is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of BirminghamMaggie B. Gale is Professor and Chair of Drama at the University of Manchester

Kate Dorney is Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at the University of Manchester

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Front matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Notes on contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Series editors’ foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Maggie B. Gale and Kate Dorney Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I Female theatre workers in the social and theatrical realm
1 ‘Believe me or not’ Actresses, female performers, autobiography and the scripting of professional practice Maggie B. Gale Open Access Download PDF	17
2 Female networks Collecting contacts with Gabrielle Enthoven Kate Dorney Open Access Download PDF	42
3 Past the memoir Winifred Dolan beyond the West End Lucie Sutherland Open Access Download PDF	69
4 Offstage labour Actresses, charity work and the early twentieth-century theatre profession Catherine Hindson Open Access Download PDF	94
5 ‘Very much alive and kicking’ The Actresses’ Franchise League from 1914 to 1928 Naomi Paxton Open Access Download PDF	118
6 Defending the body, defending the self Women performers and the law in the ‘long’ Edwardian period Viv Gardner Open Access Download PDF	138
Part II Women and popular performance
7 Emotional and natural The Australian and New Zealand repertoires and fortunes of North American performers Margaret Anglin, Katherine Grey and Muriel Starr Veronica Kelly Open Access Download PDF	163
8 Lily Brayton A theatre maker in every sense Brian Singleton Open Access Download PDF	191
9 Aerial star Lillian Leitzel’s celebrity, agency and her performed femininity Kate Holmes Open Access Download PDF	216
10 Ellen Terry The art of performance and her work in film Katharine Cockin Open Access Download PDF	242
11 Mabel Constanduros Different voices, voicing difference Gilli Bush-Bailey Open Access Download PDF	262
12 The odd woman Margaret Rutherford John Stokes Open Access Download PDF	286
Index Open Access Download PDF	207

Language: English
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Audience: General/trade;College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Illustrations
- Other: 49 black & white illustrations
Keywords: women; theatre; professionalisation; professional networks; theatre historiography

eBook

Published: July 11, 2019
ISBN: 9781526147271