Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North.
102-3
Publishing
Dorothy Whipple
This was re-issued by, among other publishers, the Peoples Book Club
in Chicago (undated but probably in the original year of publication) and by Samuel French
in March 1991.
“Bowker’s Global Books in Print”. globalbooksinprint.com.
Publishing
Muriel Box
In financial panic at the outbreak of the Second World War, Muriel and Sydney Box
sold the copyright in practically all the plays we had written to date to Samuel French, Ltd. for a thousand...
Publishing
Kate Parry Frye
The play was published in French's Acting Edition in London and New York.
Frye, Kate Parry. “Introduction”. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary, edited by Elizabeth Crawford, Francis Boutle Publishers, pp. 9-34.
215
Samuel French
had bought the script more than a year earlier for ten pounds.
Crawford, Elizabeth, and Kate Parry Frye. The Great War: The People’s Story—Kate Parry Frye: The Long Life of an Edwardian Actress and Suffragette. ITV.
No records of performances have been found.
Publishing
Harold Pinter
Faber
printed the two plays together this year; Samuel French
issued an edition of Celebration alone in 2002.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Publishing
Constance Smedley
CS
had moved smoothly from writing one-act plays for the Cotswold Players
to writing them for the first, Chelsea, incarnation of the Greenleaf Players. She wrote a number of plays for performance by the...
Publishing
Githa Sowerby
It ran for sixty-three performances, and was published by Samuel French
in 1913.
Annie Horniman
gave this play two successful revivals in Manchester: at the Midland Hotel Theatre
in October 1907, and at the Gaiety Theatre
in 1908, where its proceeds guaranteed the season's financial success.
Kaplan, Joel H., and Sheila Stowell. Theatre and Fashion: Oscar Wilde to the Suffragettes. Cambridge University Press.
164
Textual Production
Fay Weldon
FW
's Flood Warning: A Play (for two men and three women) was published by Samuel French
.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Textual Production
Fay Weldon
This play was published in October 1980 by Samuel French
.
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons.
1982
Weldon, Fay. Action Replay. Samuel French.
title page
Textual Production
George Paston
The production was a success, running for 167 performances. The play was published the same year by Samuel French
.
Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press.
875
Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1910-1919. Scarecrow Press.
10.86
Timeline
1957: Dulcie Gray launched her publishing career:...
Women writers item
1957
Dulcie Gray
launched her publishing career: Samuel French
issued her playLove Affair (which had been staged the previous year) and the first of her murder mysteries, Murder on the Stairs, also appeared.
1958: Elaine Morgan's one-act play The Waiting-Room...