International Association of Lyceum Clubs

She did, however, occasionally perform after her marriage, singing at venues such as the Lyceum Club .

EA met Hugh Walpole after receiving a fan letter he sent her in 1907. They met for tea at the Lyceum Club , a London women's social club that had been inaugurated by Constance Smedley

They had known each other as students at Birmingham Art School, and met again in 1907 when he designed the decor for a special dinner which CS gave at the Lyceum Club .

On marrying, CS withdrew from her work with the Lyceum Clubs to spend her time writing and illustrating in collaboration with her husband, and then developing symbolist performance techniques. This began with their...

In the New Forest they set up a theatrical summer school, which ran for three seasons. They attracted students from all over the world. At the same period they began publishing textbooks on their theatrical...

In October 1905 the Lyceum Club journal carried an article by CS entitled The Stony Path.

Life, she wrote here, is a perpetual crusade. She had had an irresistible desire to crystallize every phase in the form of some sort of story for grown-ups or children, but the experiences had...

This book gives a stimulating account of the amazingly energetic theatrical activity undertaken and carried through by CS and her husband in rural, urban, and university communities in England and the USA. It closes on...

CS issued notice of elections to appoint the Provisional Committee of her projected London International Lyceum Club , to realize her vision of a social institution for professional women of limited means.

On her twenty-eighth birthday, CS 's London International Lyceum Club opened in magnificent premises at 128 Piccadilly (having nearly settled for leasing space over Lyons Cafe).

Having marked the beginning of her Lyceum Club work with An April Princess, CS marked its ending with another novel, The June Princess, a sober meditation on the experience of public life.

CS 's sister Ida shared her acting talent and her feminist principles, but her interests diverged from those of Constance when, after holding the first science scholarship at Newnham , she decided on a career...

In Birmingham CS had become friendly with Coulson Kernahan , through whom she also met Flora Klickmann . Edgar Pemberton brought her acquainted with theatrical figures she deeply admired: Sir Charles Wyndham , and Mary Moore

They contacted sixty well-known women journalists and authors; only two replied. Feeling dubious about women's business abilities, they took advice from Smedley's father (who over the years supported the club to the extent...

Since the Langham Place Group had provided a social space for women in 1860, several organizations had already challenged the flourishing institution of men's clubs. The Lyceum Club came on the scene at a time...