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

Leslie Hill

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

Centre for Research in Arts and Creative Exchange

Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

Abstract

Sex, Suffrage and the Stage surveys the interwoven history of first wave feminism and modern British theatre over a 25-year period from the London premiere of A Doll’s House in 1889 through the militant suffrage movement to the outbreak of WW1 in 1914. Focusing on representations of women both on stage and off during this prolific and revolutionary era in British theatre and politics, Hill offers a gateway overview of some of the principle ways in which writers, producers and actresses engaged with and influenced first wave feminist ideas and how feminist agendas, both implicit and explicit, in turn shaped the development of modern theatre.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	256
ISBN (Print)	978–1–137–50922–2, 978–1–137–50921–5
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

New Drama
Suffrage
Feminism
Modern Theatre
George Bernard Shaw
Henrik Ibsen
Oscar Wilde
First Wave Feminism
Actresses Franchise League
WSPU
Christabel Pankhurst
Elizabeth Robins
Harley Granville Barker
AW Pinero
Cicely Hamilton
Edith Craig
Lena Ashwell
Lillah McCarthy
William Archer
Pioneer Players

Leslie Hill
- Centre for Research in Arts and Creative Exchange - Emeritus Professor
- School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Person

Sex, Suffrage & the Stage
Hill, L. (Keynote speaker)
17 Oct 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience

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

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Sex, Suffrage & the Stage

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