FW
joined distinguished writers such as Harold Pinter
in contributing to the multi-act Mixed Doubles: an Entertainment on Marriage, which was published in 1970 by Methuen
.
Halio, Jay L., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 14. Gale Research.
14: 752
Newman, Jenny. “’See Me as Sisyphus, But Having A Good Time’: The Fiction of Fay Weldon”. Contemporary British Women Writers: Texts and Strategies, edited by Robert E. Hosmer, Macmillan.
207
When, however, in the...
Textual Production
Shelagh Delaney
Methuen
published SD
's hit play A Taste of Honey.
Delaney, Shelagh. A Taste of Honey. Methuen.
prelims
Textual Production
Elizabeth Jennings
EJ
selected and introduced Methuen
's An Anthology of Modern Verse, 1940-1960.
The British National Bibliography. Council of the British National Bibliography; British Library, Bibliographic Services Division.
Textual Production
George Paston
Old Coloured Books was published by Methuen
in their series The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books. Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century was reprinted by Ayer Company
in 1968.
Textual Production
Oscar Wilde
It was first published at London in 1905 by Methuen
.
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Textual Production
Sarah Kane
SK
's first play, Blasted, appeared in print with plays by Karen Hope
, David Spencer
, and Rod Williams
in the second number of a Methuen
drama series, Frontline Intelligence: New Plays for...
Textual Production
Maureen Duffy
MD
tackled a piece of publishing history in A Thousand Capricious Chances: History of the Methuen
List, 1889-1989.
DHL
's novel The Rainbow was published by Methuen
; six weeks later, copies of the book were destroyed as a result of court action.
Roberts, Warren. A Bibliography of D.H. Lawrence. Hart-Davis.
27
Textual Production
Nawal El Saadawi
NES
's Death of an Ex-Minister, a short-story collection, was published by Methuen
in an English translation by Shirley Eber
.
Whitaker’s Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons.
(1988)
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Textual Production
Edith Somerville
Some of the pieces had already appeared in periodicals.
Collis, Maurice. Somerville and Ross: A Biography. Faber and Faber.
261
The book was published, like three later works, by Methuen
.
Cummins, Geraldine. Dr. E. Œ. Somerville: A Biography. Andrew Dakers.
266, 268, 270
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Josephine Tey
She wrote the novel in less than three weeks (a contrast to the months or years spent on Kif) for a thriller writers' competition run by Methuen
, with a prize of £250. She...
Textual Production
Alison Fell
AF
issued through Methuen
her next novel: Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice), the name of the largest glacier in France, which flows down the north side of Mont Blanc into the valley of Chamonix.
“Alison Fell”. Fantastic Fiction.
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Hannah Lynch
The book, dedicated to HL
's friend Rosamond Venning
, was published by Methuen and Co.
like the novel that immediately preceded it into print.
Textual Production
Sue Townsend
Four plays by ST
were published: Bazaar and Rummage, Groping for Words, Womberang (issued in a single volume), and a Methuen
edition of The Great Celestial Cow, which also appeared this year...
Textual Production
Rose Allatini
Rose Allatini
published the third of her Lucian Wainwright novels, Oracle, this time with Methuen
; its title-page mentions her two earlier books under this name.
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Timeline
June 1889: Algernon Methuen Marshall Stedman founded...
1980: The Women's Playhouse Trust was founded to...
Women writers item
1980
The Women's Playhouse Trust
was founded to improve opportunities in the theatre for women writers, directors, designers, administrators, technicians and actresses,
Page, Louise. Beauty and the Beast. Methuen in association with the Women’s Playhouse Trust.
between 22 and 23
building on feminist fringe activity but within the mainstream.
Texts
Allatini, Rose. Oracle. Methuen, 1937.
Baker, Elizabeth. “Chains”. New Woman Plays, edited by Linda Fitzsimmons and Viv Gardner, Methuen, 1991, pp. 79-131.
Baldwin, Louisa. Afterglow. Methuen, 1911.
Behn, Aphra. Five Plays. Editor Duffy, Maureen, Methuen, 1990.
Behn, Aphra, and Maureen Duffy. Oroonoko and Other Stories. Methuen, 1986.
Bellerby, Frances. Come to an End. Methuen, 1939.
Bensusan, Inez. “The Apple”. How the Vote Was Won: and Other Suffragette Plays, edited by Dale Spender and Carole Hayman, Methuen, 1985, pp. 139-54.
Bowen, Marjorie. William Hogarth. Methuen, 1936.
Brockway, Wallace, and Herbert Weinstock. The World of Opera. Methuen, 1963.
Caffyn, Kathleen. Anne Mauleverer. Methuen, 1899.
Cambridge, Ada. Thirty Years in Australia. Methuen, 1903.
Castle, Terry. Masquerade and Civilisation. Methuen, 1986.
Churchill, Caryl. Plays: One. Methuen, 1985.
Churchill, Caryl. Serious Money. Methuen, 1990.
Churchill, Caryl. Softcops. Methuen, 1984.
Churchill, Caryl. Top Girls. Methuen, 1984.
Cobban, Alan B. The Medieval Universities: Their Development and and Organization. Methuen, 1975.
Conrad, Joseph. Chance. Methuen, 1914.
Conrad, Joseph. The Secret Agent. Methuen, 1907.
Conrad, Joseph. Under Western Eyes. Methuen, 1911.
Corelli, Marie. "Temporal Power". Methuen, 1902.
Corelli, Marie. Barabbas. Methuen, 1893.
Corelli, Marie. Love—and the Philosopher. Methuen, 1923.
Corelli, Marie. The Master-Christian. Methuen, 1900.
Corelli, Marie. The Sorrows of Satan. Methuen, 1895.
