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Author Paxton, Naomi, author

Title Stage rights! : the Actresses' Franchise League, activism and politics 1908-58 / Naomi Paxton
Published Manchester University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages)
Series Women, theatre and performance
Women, theatre and performance.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Re-evaluating the AFL; Exhibition; Sisterhood; Visibility; Militancy; Hope; Legacy; Bibliography; Index
Summary Drawing upon previously unseen archival material, this book brings to life the story of the Actresses' Franchise League from 1908-1958, building a picture of this diverse, exciting and innovative organisation that opens up and extends previous scholarship of the suffrage movement, and of political and feminist networks in twentieth century theatre
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-228) and index
Subject Actresses' Franchise League -- History
SUBJECT Actresses' Franchise League fast
Subject Women in the theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Feminist theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Activists.
Feminist theater
Women in the theater
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526114792
1526114798
1526139057
9781526139054