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Author:   Andrew Maunder
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   5.023kg
ISBN:  

9781137401991

ISBN 10:   1137401990
Pages:   303
Publication Date:   23 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Rediscovering the Theatre of the First World War; Andrew Maunder PART I: MOBILISATION AND PROPAGANDA 2. 'This Unhappy Nation': War on the Stage in 1914; Steve Nicholson 3. Reclaiming Shakespeare. 1914-1918; Anselm Heinrich 4. On the edge of town: Melodrama and Suburban Theatre in Brixton, 1915; Andrew Maunder PART II: WOMEN AND WAR 5. 'From sex-war to factory floor': Theatrical Depictions of Women's Work during the First World War; Sos Eltis 6. Edith Craig and The Pioneer Players: London's International Art Theatre in a `Khaki-clad and Khaki-minded World'; Katharine Cockin 7. `A Sweet Tribute to Her Memory': War-time Edith Cavell Plays and Films; Veronica Kelly PART III: POPULAR THEATRE 8. ''The Theatre of the Flappers?: Gender, Spectatorship and the 'womanisation' of Theatre 1914-1918'; Viv Gardner 9. `[N]o more jokes'?: Metropolitan Music Hall and Variety Theatre; Simon Featherstone 10. British Cinema, Regulation and the War Effort ; Emma Hanna PART IV: ALTERNATIVE SPACES 11. A City's Toys: Theatre in Birmingham 1914-1918; Claire Cochrane 12. Entertaining the Anzacs: Performance for and by Australian and New Zealand troops on leave in London, 1916-1919; Ailsa Grant-Ferguson 13. Lena Ashwell: Touring Concert Parties and Arts Advocacy, 1914-1919; Margaret Leask. 14. Palliative Pantomimes: Entertainment in Prisoner-of-war Camps; Victor Emeljanow Bibliography Index

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Andrew Maunder is Reader in Victorian Literature in the School of Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is the author of books including The British Short Story (with Emma Liggins and Ruth Robbins, 2010) and has written widely on First World War literature and culture. He is the co-ordinator of the World War One Theatre Project based at the University of Hertfordshire which revives war-time drama for modern audiences. Claire Cochrane, University of Worcester, UKKatharine Cockin, University of Hull, UKSos Eltis, Oxford University, UKVictor Emeljanow, University of Newcastle, AustraliaSimon Featherstone, De Montfort University, UKAilsa Grant Ferguson, University of Brighton, UKViv Gardner, University of Manchester, UK Emma Hanna, University of Greenwich, UKAnselm Heinrich, University of Glasgow, UKVeronica Kelly, University of Queensland, UKMargaret Leask, University of Sydney, AustraliaSteve Nicholson, University of Sheffield, UK

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