| West End Women: Women and the London Stage 1918-1962 Contributor(s): Gale, Maggie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415084954 ISBN-13: 9780415084956 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: "West End Women" is an attempt to identify and reposition the work of a number of women playwrights whose work was produced on the London Stage between 1918-1962. Women like Dodie Smith, Clemence Dane, Aimee Stuart and Esther McCracken were at one time household names as well as being famed within the theatre of their day. This book sets out to analyze their work in the context for which it was created; a time in which both women's lives and the British theatre, were transformed by war, cultural change and a change in their status within the public domain. As such, the plays are examined in relation to social, cultural and ideological developments and change, which particularly affected both women's lives and the perception of what it meant to be a woman. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Drama - Performing Arts | Theater - General |
| Dewey: 822.910 |
| LCCN: 96018241 |
| Series: Critical Heritage |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.3" W x 8.78" (1.08 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |