Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art
Author:   Prof Katharine Cockin (University of Hull, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781472570628


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   26 January 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Prof Katharine Cockin (University of Hull, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.531kg
ISBN:  

9781472570628


ISBN 10:   1472570626
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   26 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface: A Note on Sources and More Dramatic Lives Chapter One. Introduction: Edith Craig Retrospectives Chapter Two 1869-1902 Her Mother’s Daughter: The Lyceum’s Apprentice Chapter Three 1903-07 The New Woman Experiments and the Genealogy of the ‘Scala masque’ Chapter Four. 1907-1914 The Art of Women’s Suffrage Theatre and the ‘fire of Prometheus’ Chapter Five. 1911-25 The Pioneer Players as London’s Art Theatre Chapter Six. 1915-25 Post-war Recreation and the Nativity Play Chapter Seven. 1919-46 The Little Theatre Mission: Pilgrims and Pageants Chapter Eight. Conclusion: On the Theatres of Art Bibliography Index

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Full of fascinating nuggets of information ... Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art presents a collage of Craig's achievements, celebrating her maverick career. * Times Higher Education *


Full of fascinating nuggets of information ... Edith Craig and the Theatres of Art presents a collage of Craig's achievements, celebrating her maverick career. Times Higher Education


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Katharine Cockin is Professor of English at the University of Hull, UK. She has published widely on women’s suffrage literature and on the lives and work of Ellen Terry and her daughter, Edith Craig. She is editor of the eight-volume Collected Letters of Ellen Terry (2010-2017) and author of several books on Edith Craig and women’s suffrage literature, including the first biography of Craig (1998), Women and the Theatre in the Age of Suffrage (2001) and two volumes of women’s suffrage literature (2007).

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