The Stage Career of Cicely Hamilton (1895¿1914)

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-3-631-67911-1
Verlag: Peter Lang

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 236 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 423 g

Reihe: Mediated Fictions

Drawing on recently released or previously neglected archive material, this book is the first dedicated to the stage career of Cicely Hamilton (1872–1952). Best known for her work with the women’s suffrage movement, Hamilton was at the same time deeply committed to the commercial stage as an actress, dramatist and activist. The book draws extensively on Hamilton’s own recollections as well as those of her close associates, supplemented by contemporary press reviews and articles, and concludes with a chronology of the productions in which she performed as a touring actress based on confirmed dates and venues.

This book '(…) is a fascinating and fantastic resource for current and future scholars of Hamilton’s work, as well as those interested in the wider framework of (…) the theatre industry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.'

Dr. Naomi Paxton (School of Advanced Study, University of London)

'With its documentation and assessment of Hamilton's touring career, (…) this well written and meticulously researched study provides an original contribution to theatre, dramatic, and reception history.'

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Weiss (University of Vienna)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moran, Seán

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Einzelne Theaterschauspieler & Regisseure

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Status of actress on Late Victorian and Edwardian stage – Victorian Drama – Edwardian Drama –– Actors’ Association – Play Actors – Professional stage biography – Theatre and women’s suffrage campaign in UK – WSPU – Women’s Freedom League – Actresses’ Franchise League – Women Writers’ Suffrage League

Über Autor(innen)

Seán Moran received a PhD from the University of Gdansk in Poland where he works at the Institute of Applied Linguistics.