British theatre and the Great War, 1914-1919 : new perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Maunder, Andrew (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:	Theater > Great Britain > History > 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 > Theater and the war. History. 1900-1999 Theater. Great Britain.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Rediscovering First World War theatre / Andrew Maunder
Part I. Mobilization and propaganda
'This unhappy nation': War on the stage in 1914 / Steve Nicholson
Reclaiming Shakespeare 1914-1918 / Anselm Heinrich
On the edge of town: melodrama and suburban theatre in Brixton, 1915 / Andrew Maunder
Part II. Women and war
From sex-war to factory floor: theatrical depictions of women's work during the First World War / Sos Eltis
Edith Craig and the Pioneer Players: London's international art theatre in a 'khaki-clad and khaki-minded world' / Katharine Cockin
'A sweet tribute to her memory'" war time Edith Cavell plays and films / Veronica Kelly
Part III. Popular theatre
The theatre of the flappers?: Gender, spectatorship and the 'womanisation' of theatre 1914-1918 / Viv Gardner
The epitome of national life: Metropolitan Music Hall and Variety Theatre, 1913-1919 / Simon Featherstone
British cinema, regulation and the war effort, 1914-1918 / Emma Hanna
Part IV. Alternative spaces
A city's toys: theatre in Birmingham 1914-1918 / Claire Cochrane
Entertaining the Anzacs: performances for Australian and New Zealand troops on leave in London, 1916-1919 / Ailsa Grant Ferguson
Lena Ashwell: touring concert parties and arts advocacy, 1914-1919 / Margaret Keask
Palliative pantomimes: entertainments in prisoner-of-war camps / Victor Emeljanow.