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

Stage women, 1900–50 female theatre workers and professional practice

Stage women, 1900–50 explores the many ways in which women conceptualised, constructed and participated in networks of professional practice in the theatre and performance industries between 1900 and 1950. A timely volume full of original research, the book explores women’s complex negotiations of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gale , Maggie B. (auth), Gale, Maggie B. (Maggie Barbara), 1963- editor (editor), Dorney, Kate, 1975- editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK Manchester University Press 2019
Manchester, UK : 2019.
Colección:Women, theatre and performance.
Materias:
Women in the theater > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Theater and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Theater > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427381406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Notes on contributors
  • Series editors' foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I Female theatre workers in the social and theatrical realm
  • 1 'Believe me or not'
  • 2 Female networks
  • 3 Past the memoir
  • 4 Offstage labour
  • 5 'Very much alive and kicking'
  • 6 Defending the body, defending the self
  • Part II Women and popular performance
  • 7 Emotional and natural
  • 8 Lily Brayton
  • 9 Aerial star
  • 10 Ellen Terry
  • 11 Mabel Constanduros
  • 12 The odd woman
  • Index

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