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Sex, Suffrage and the Stage: First Wave Feminism in British Theatre

By Leslie Hill

Book information

Publisher
Red Globe Press
Year
2018
ISBN
1137509228, 9781137509222
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1314734 bytes)
Pages
258\0
Topic
History
Time added
2021-05-01 03:35:06

Description

Marking the 100-year anniversary of women’s suffrage, Leslie Hill provides a fascinating survey of the history of first wave feminism in British theatre, from the London premiere of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House in 1889 through the militant suffrage movement.  Hill’s approachable overview explores some of the pivotal ways in which theatre makers both engaged with and influenced feminist discourse on topics such as sexual agency, reproductive rights, marriage equality, financial independence and suffrage. Clear and concise, this is an ideal resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Theatre and Performance Studies taking courses on Women in Theatre and Performance, Staging Feminism, Early Feminist Theatre, Theatre and Suffrage, Gender and Theatre, Political Theatre and Performance Historiography. This text will also appeal to scholars, lecturers, and Literature students.

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