Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North.
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Actresses' Franchise League
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Githa Sowerby | It had gone into rehearsal shortly before the end of 1911. |
| Textual Production | Christopher St John | It was part of a triple bill with Cicely Hamilton
's Jack and Jill and a Friend and Margaret Wynne Nevinson
's In the Workhouse. Another performance, again directed by Edith Craig, was staged... |
| Textual Production | Inez Bensusan | It had another performance at the Laurels
in Putney on 14 July 1911. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 508 |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Baker | The 1930 Players
were a group organized by Inez Bensusan
, an Australian-born actress and playwright who had been instrumental in forming the Actresses' Franchise League
. Penelope Forgives was never published, but a typescript... |
| Reception | George Paston | During the war this play became popular with British troops through the auspices of Woman's Theatre Camp Entertainments
, an organization formed by Inez Bensusan
after the demise of Actresses' Franchise League
. Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol. 15 , pp. 123-37. 131 |
| Reception | Henrik Ibsen | Like Nora, Hedda Gabler became a feminist icon. At the Coronation Suffrage Pageant, the spectacular suffrage event of 17 June 1911, the contingent from the Actresses' Franchise League
was led by an actress on horseback... |
| Publishing | Evelyn Glover | The production was part of the Coronation Week festivities: earlier that week, on 17 June, many women's suffrage societies joined forces for an enormous Women's Coronation Procession. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. (19 June 1911): 34 |
| Publishing | Evelyn Glover | The play's vivid characters and snappy dialogue, alongside its minimal staging requirements, made it one of the most popular plays in the AFL's suffrage repertoire. Holledge, Julie. Innocent Flowers: Women in the Edwardian Theatre. Virago. 88 |
| Author summary | Inez Bensusan | Inez Bensusan was an Australian-born actress who played a prominent role in the Actresses' Franchise League
in London. Although she wrote only three one-act plays herself, as head of the AFL Play Department she... |
| politics | Christopher St John | She was arrested in 1909 for setting a pillar box on fire. She worked for the Women's Social and Political Union
, the Writers' Franchise League
(which she helped found), the Catholic Women's Suffrage Society |
| politics | Ella Wheeler Wilcox | EWW
set out with conservative views on the Woman Question, though her early experience on a western farm meant that she took it for granted that women would be active and self-reliant. Her gender... |
| politics | Edith Craig | EC
became a member of the newly formed Actresses' Franchise League
. Stowell, Sheila. A Stage of Their Own. University of Michigan Press. 41 |
| politics | Kate Parry Frye | She found the occasion amusing and exhilarating; she rushed around and flirted with men; but she continued her account: But I am in earnest. I really do feel a great belief in the need of... |
| politics | Cicely Hamilton | CH
was an active member of several suffrage organizations, always aligning herself with the non-militant suffragists. She first belonged to the Women's Social and Political Union
, but in 1907 she left to join the... |
| Performance of text | George Paston | The play was performed alongside Cicely Hamilton
's Pageant of Great Women as part of a fundraising event organised by Inez Bensusan
on behalf of the Actresses' Franchise League
and the Women Writers' Suffrage League |
Timeline
10 December 1908: The inaugural meeting of the Actresses' Franchise...
National or international item
10 December 1908
The inaugural meeting of the Actresses' Franchise League
was held at the Criterion Restaurant in London.
May 1909: Gertrude Jennings's one-act suffrage play...
Women writers item
May 1909
Gertrude Jennings
's one-act suffrage playA Woman's Influence was performed at the Votes for Women Exhibition at the Prince's Skating Rink in Knightsbridge.
By 27 February 1911: The secretary of the Actresses' Franchise...
Building item
By 27 February 1911
The secretary of the Actresses' Franchise League
organised a feminist production of Wilde
's Salome (reviewed on this date).
From November 1914: The Actresses' Franchise League, led by Lena...
Building item
From November 1914
The Actresses' Franchise League
, led by Lena Ashwell
, organised entertainment for troops, first at English army bases and later in France; these eventually became known as Concerts at the Front.
Early 1915: Lena Ashwell used her Actresses' Franchise...
Women writers item
Early 1915
Lena Ashwell
used her Actresses' Franchise League
connections to recruit the popular farce writer, Gertrude Jennings
, to write plays for Concerts at the Front.
2 February 1927: Margaret Rhondda, as Chairman of the Equal...
National or international item
2 February 1927
Margaret Rhondda
, as Chairman of the Equal Political Rights Campaign Committee
, with many other suffrage veterans, signed a letter to the editor of The Times pressing for women to vote on equal terms with men.
Texts
Bensusan, Inez. The Apple. Actresses’ Franchise League, 1912.
Glover, Evelyn. A Chat with Mrs. Chicky. Actresses’ Franchise League, 1912.
Glover, Evelyn. Miss Appleyard’s Awakening. Actresses’ Franchise League, 1912.