Elizabeth Robins : staging a life, 1862-1952 / Angela V. John.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

John, Angela V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952.

Robins, Elizabeth.

Women novelists, American--19th century--Biography.

Women novelists, American.

Actresses--United States--Biography.

Actresses.

Actresses--England--Biography.

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A woman of extraordinary energy, talent and versatility. Elizabeth Robins was an actress who popularised Ibsen on the British stage, a prolific and popular writer of novels and non-fiction, and an Edwardian suffragette. Her extensive circle of friends included Florence Bell, Henry James, John Masefield and William Archer. She worked with the Pankhursts and knew the Woolfs. Through examining the life and work of this vivid and transatlantic figure born during the American Civil War yet surviving into the England of the 1950's, Angela John raises questions about the shaping of historical identitiy

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; WHITHER HOW?; THE OPEN QUESTION; IBSEN THE ACTRESS; THEATRE AND FRIENDSHIP; COME AND FIND ME; THE MAGNETIC NORTH; THE CONVERT; WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO?; ANCILLA'S SHARE; TIME IS WHISPERING; Appendices; Elizabeth Robins's major publications; Elizabeth Robins's writings on women's suffrage; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-275) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-92683-9

1-134-92684-7

1-280-04668-6

0-203-41319-9

0-203-31635-5

9780203413197

OCLC:

437080517