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The Methuen drama book of suffrage plays / edited and with an introduction by Naomi Paxton.
Van Pelt Library PR1259.S93 M48 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Suffrage--Great Britain--Drama.
- Women.
- Women's rights--Great Britain--Drama.
- Women's rights.
- Suffragists--Great Britain--Drama.
- Suffragists.
- English drama--20th century.
- English drama.
- Women--Suffrage.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 136 pages ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Suffrage plays
- Place of Publication:
- London : Methuen Drama, 2013.
- Summary:
- This is an anthology of eight exciting pieces written for and by members of the Actresses Franchise League from 1909-13. Immediately playable, they offer strong, varied roles for female casts, while also providing invaluable source material to students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines.
- Contents:
- How the vote was won / Cicely Hamilton and Christopher St John
- Lady Geraldine's speech / Beatrice Harraden
- Pot and kettle / Cicely Hamilton and Christopher St John
- Miss Appleyard's awakening / Evelyn Glover
- Her vote / H.V. Esmond
- The Mother's Meeting / Mrs Harlow Phibbs
- An anti-suffragist, or, The other side / H.M. Paull
- Tradition / George Middleton.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136).
- ISBN:
- 9781408176580
- 1408176580
- OCLC:
- 810948563
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