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Genre/Form: | Drama |
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Additional Physical Format: | ebook version : |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Naomi Paxton |
ISBN: | 9781350082984 1350082988 |
OCLC Number: | 1026315328 |
Description: | xvii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
Contents: | Might is right / Netta Syrett -- Free woman to free man / Cicely Hamilton -- A woman's influence / Gertrude Jennings -- Press cuttings / George Bernard Shaw -- Woman this and woman that / Laurence Housman -- The twelve pound look /J.M. Barrie -- For one night only / G.B. Stern -- Her will / Christopher St John -- Su' L'Pave / Gladys Mendl -- Which / Evelyn Glover -- 10 Clowning Street /Joan S. Dugdale -- Anti-suffrage waxworks / Naomi Paxton (based on an idea by Cicely Hamilton). |
Series Title: | Play anthologies |
Other Titles: | Taking the stage |
Responsibility: | edited and with an introduction by Naomi Paxton. |
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A fine collection of eight plays of different genres created by members of the Actresses Franchise League (1909-1913), which are clever and often very comic. These unjustly neglected plays recall the passion and bravery of that remarkable political struggle. * The Lady (on The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays) * The plays themselves offer a wide selection of themes ... There is a great deal of scope for using this book in the classroom for both Drama and PSHE. At all stages from key stage three to A level there are thought provoking texts for monologue, duologue, group performance or as stimulus for devising ... Highly recommended. * Teaching Drama * [Woman This and Woman That has] such a poignant message amongst a wonderfully rhythmic beat. I couldn't help but think how fantastic it would be as a stimulus for both GCSE and A Level devised pieces ... I love the boldness and brashness of the writing [in the play Which]. This is a great one for empowering young girls. * Drama Magazine * The book is a testament to the talent, tenacity and passion of those women artists who so ardently pushed the Votes for Women agenda. * Kate Kerrow, For Books' Sake (on The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays) * Read more...


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- Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- Drama.
- Women's rights -- Great Britain -- Drama.
- Suffragists -- Great Britain -- Drama.
- English drama -- 20th century.
- English drama.
- Suffragists.
- Women -- Suffrage.
- Women's rights.
- Great Britain.
- Englisch
- Drama
- Suffragette
- Frauenemanzipation
- Frauendrama
- Großbritannien