Plays by American Women, 1900-1930
Title | Plays by American Women, 1900-1930 PDF eBook |
Author | Judith E. Barlow |
Publisher | Applause Theatre & Cinema |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 1985-01-01 |
Genre | American drama |
ISBN | 9780879102258 |
Drama by Women to 1900
Title | Drama by Women to 1900 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 189 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | American drama |
ISBN |
Plays by American Women, 1900-1930
Title | Plays by American Women, 1900-1930 PDF eBook |
Author | Judith E. Barlow |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9781557830081 |
Traces the contributions of women to the American theater and offers the texts of five plays that deal with a sick child, a murdered husband, and family life
Stage women, 1900–50
Title | Stage women, 1900–50 PDF eBook |
Author | Maggie B. Gale |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 2019-04-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1526136872 |
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book presents a collection of cutting-edge historical and cultural essays in the field of women, theatre and performance. The chapters explore women’s networks of professional practice in the theatre and performance industries between 1900 and 1950, with a focus on women’s sense and experience of professional agency in an industry largely controlled by men. The book is divided into two sections: ‘Female theatre workers in the social and theatrical realm’ looks at the relationship between women’s work – on and off stage – and autobiography, activism, technique, touring, education and the law. ‘Women and popular performance’ focuses on the careers of individual artists, once household names, including Lily Brayton, Ellen Terry, radio star Mabel Constanduros and Oscar-winning film star Margaret Rutherford.
American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950
Title | American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950 PDF eBook |
Author | Yvonne Shafer |
Publisher | Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Pages | 568 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Drama |
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This book presents an analysis of the many plays written by women in the American theatre in the first half of the century. Such playwrights as Rachel Crothers, Zona Gale, Susan Glaspell, Edna Ferber, and Lillian Hellman were popular and successful contributors to the stage. Many of their plays won such awards as the Pulitzer Prize, the Drama Critics Circle Award, and Tony Awards. The plays are discussed in terms of their popular and critical value and placed within the historical and social background of the period. In this time of intense change for women in American society, the plays reflect the new demands for freedom, careers, the right to vote, equality with men, and the right to intellectual development. Shafer calls attention to many fine plays which deserve production today.
Private Scripts, Public Roles
Title | Private Scripts, Public Roles PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Maddock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | American drama |
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Private Scripts, Private Roles
Title | Private Scripts, Private Roles PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Maddock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | American drama |
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