From Winning the Vote to Directing on Broadway: The Emergence of Women on the New York Stage, 1880-1927

From Winning the Vote to Directing on Broadway: The Emergence of Women on the New York Stage, 1880-1927
ISBN-10
0874130581
ISBN-13
9780874130584
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
245
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Author
Pamela Cobrin

Description

"This book examines the radical change women underwent - and facilitated - from 1880 to 1927, by looking at five case studies of feminist performance: suffragist parades; feminist drama groups; the Gamut Club; the Provincetown Players; the Neighborhood Playhouse; and four successful female Broadway directors - Lillian Trimble Bradley, Rachel Crothers, Edith Ellis, and Minne Maddem Fikse. Viewed collectively, the chapters create an overarching argument as to the nature of firstwave feminist performance." --Book Jacket.

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