Maggie Gale

West End Women (eBook, PDF)

Women and the London Stage 1918 - 1962

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Maggie Gale's West End Women uncovers groundbreaking material about women playwrights and the staging of their performances between the years 1918 and 1962. It documents a dynamic era of social and theatrical history, analysing the transformations that occurred in the theatre and the lives of British women in relation to specific plays of the period. Focusing on the work of playwrights such as Dodie Smith, Clemence Dane, Gordon Daviot and Bridget Boland, Maggie Gale examines the cultural and political context within which they enjoyed commercial success and great notoriety.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134886739
• Artikelnr.: 38262052

Autorenporträt

Maggie B. Gale is Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham. She is co-editor of the Women and Theatre Occasional Papers series.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Women in Society 1918-1962
Chapter 3 The London Stage 1918-1962
Chapter 4 To Work or Not to Work
Chapter 5 Motherhood and the Family
Chapter 6 Dramatising History
Chapter 7 Spinsters and Widows
Chapter 8 Postscript