The Methuen drama book of suffrage plays : taking the stage
2018
Book
Total copies: 1
This volume introduces additional contemporary texts that provide performance material, stimulus for devising and discussion and contextual information about the performative propaganda of the suffrage campaign in the Edwardian period. Published in 2018 to commemorate the centenary of limited franchise, this edited anthology features a wide variety of short pieces and one-act plays popular during the suffrage movement, written by female and male suffragist writers and performed for both militant and non-militant societies between 1908-1914. Spanning different styles and genres they explore many issues that interested feminist and suffragist campaigners in this period, such as: women's work, the pressures on young actresses, economic inequality, visibility in public space, militant direct action and its consequences, and collective activism.
Main title:
The Methuen drama book of suffrage plays : taking the stage / edited by Naomi Paxton.
Author:
Paxton, Naomi, editor
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2018.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781350082984 (pbk)
Dewey class:
822.912080355822.91208
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2668433