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Author: Angela V John
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2007-03-15
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 0752496468
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeautiful and talented, versatile and charismatic, Elizabeth Robins was one of the foremost actresses of her day. Yet, this enduring character was also an active and lifelong feminist. This biography examines Elizabeth's historical identity and provides a study of the social culture surrounding a woman who lived a life in the spotlight.
Author: Prof Angela V John
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-11-01
Total Pages: 542
ISBN-13: 1134926839
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA woman of extraordinary energy, talent and versatility. Elizabeth Robins was an actress who popularised Ibsen on the British stage, a prolific and popular writer of novels and non-fiction, and an Edwardian suffragette. Her extensive circle of friends included Florence Bell, Henry James, John Masefield and William Archer. She worked with the Pankhursts and knew the Woolfs. Through examining the life and work of this vivid and transatlantic figure born during the American Civil War yet surviving into the England of the 1950s, Angela John raises questions about the shaping of historical identities. Situating Elizabeth Robins's achievement in the context of the British and American cultural history of the period, this is a book which will attract historians, teachers and students of theatre studies and all those fascinated by biography.
Author: Lady Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe Bell
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Elizabeth Robins
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2023-10-21
Total Pages: 101
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKVotes for Women by Elizabeth Robins is a powerful play that delves into the suffragette movement. Set against the backdrop of societal upheaval, the play captures the passion, challenges, and determination of women fighting for their right to vote. Robins' compelling characters and poignant dialogues make this a must-watch for theater enthusiasts.
Author: Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 618
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 506
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Published: 1899
Total Pages: 332
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Julie Holledge
Publisher: Virago
Published: 2013-04-11
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1405525738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Edwardian actress, glamorous and privileged, was the sex symbol of her time. Yet her life was a paradox: off stage she could marry, divorce and take lovers with impugnity; on stage she had to play dutiful wives or daughters or 'scarlet women'. Thousands of these spirited women set out to change the conventional roles they played - and to change the world. Some of them were famous - Athene Seyler, Kitty Marion, Elizabeth Robins, Edy Craig, many others unknown. Managing their own companies, they put on hundreds of plays all over the country - many on taboo subjects such as divorce, sex, venereal disease, prostitution - by little known playwrights as well as established dramatists like Shaw, Ibsen, Barrie. They took the establishment theatre by storm; and they made their mark on the political stage too, forming the Actresses' Franchise League and joining the battle for the vote. Innocent Flowers tells the story of these astonishing women (and includes some of their plays). By tracing their lives and loves, Julie Holledge has rediscovered an inspiring period in the history of women and the theatre.
Author: Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 394
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Chris Greenwood
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-11-01
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1351764691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title was first published in 2000: The American novelist and playwright, Henry James, was drawn to the theatre and the shifting conventions of drama throughout his writing career. This study demonstrates that from the 1890s onwards James concentrated on adapting his novels and stories to and from the stage, and increasingly employed metaphors that spoke of novel-writing in terms of playwriting. Christopher Greenwood argues that these metaphors helped James to conceive himself as an artist who composed characters dramatically and visually, and in doing so sets his novels significantly apart from those of his contemporaries. In the introduction to the first part of the book, Greenwood examines James's career within the context of contemporary European and North American theatre, providing an appraisal of what James gained from contemporary theatre, his position in that milieu, and what he brought to it. Part 2 of the book focuses on two novels: "The Other House" and "The Spoils of Poynton", both of which illustrate the ways in which James used the mechanism of contemporary theatre to communicate a character's personality. Discussion of these two works is used to throw light on similar concerns that develop in James's later writing.
