Title West End women : women and the London stage, 1918-1962 / Maggie B. Gale

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (x, 262 pages) Series Gender in performance Gender in performance Contents 1. Introduction : West End women, a force to be reckoned with -- 2. Women in society 1918-1962 : an overview -- 3. The London stage 1918-1962 : an historical context for women in theatre -- 4. To work or not to work : representations of working women -- 5. Motherhood and the family : from matriarchs to refusing mothers -- 6. Dramatising history : the search for national heroines -- 7. Spinsters and widows : women without men -- 8. Postscript Summary Maggie Gale's West End Women uncovers groundbreaking material about women playwrights and the staging of their performances between the years 1918 and 1962, analysing the transformations that occurred in the theatre and in the lives of British women Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index Notes Print version record Subject English drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism Feminism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Women in the theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism Women in literature. DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English drama English drama -- Women authors Feminism and literature Theater Women and literature Women in literature Women in the theater SUBJECT West End (London, England) -- History Subject England -- London England -- London -- West End Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203135822 0203135822

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