Program: Rutherford and Son by Githa Sowerby. National Theatre.
Fabian Society
Connections
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politics | Katharine Bruce Glasier | Soon after her conversion to socialism in November 1890, Katharine Conway, afterwards KBG
, became involved with several socialist organizations. She joined the Bristol Socialist Society
and the Clifton and Bristol branches of the Fabian Society |
politics | Githa Sowerby | In London in 1905, GS
joined the Fabian Society
. (There is no record of her having joined any women's suffrage organisations.) Stowell, Sheila. A Stage of Their Own. University of Michigan Press. 130 Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North. 43 |
politics | Emma Frances Brooke | As a testament to her popularity, she was then re-elected for the following three consecutive years. Nevertheless, there is evidence that she showed some dissatisfaction with the direction that the Fabian Society
was taking, particularly... |
politics | Katharine Bruce Glasier | In addition to her membership of the Kelly, Gary, and Edd Applegate, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 190. Gale Research. 190:122, 124 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Occupation | Edith J. Simcox | EJS
was also an active lecturer. She addressed a number of groups including the Democratic Club
, the Free Thinkers of Walworth
, and the Hatcham Liberals
. Her support for women's suffrage included delivering... |
Occupation | Katharine Bruce Glasier | When her teaching days were nearly over, Conway began to use her formidable public speaking talents in the service of her burgeoning socialism. Through her affiliation with the Fabian Society
, she was hired as... |
Material Conditions of Writing | Constance Lytton | After the Home Secretary assured the Fabian Society
through the columns of the Times that CL
had been released from prison because of her delicate health, not her class, replies appeared both from her and... |
Literary Setting | Dorothy Richardson | The action takes place in Edwardian London, a world of Fabian
socialism and suffragettes, and the novel was shaped by Richardson's early years in London and her relationship with Benjamin Grad
. |
Intertextuality and Influence | Emma Frances Brooke | EFB
later retracted her position on the state support of motherhood. When H. G. Wells
delivered a lecture to a Fabian
audience in October 1906 on Socialism and the Middle Classes which discussed his ideas... |
Health | Emma Frances Brooke | EFB
was forced to resign from the executive of the Fabian Society
as a result of a serious illness. Daniels, Kay. “Emma Brooke: Fabian, feminist and writer”. Women’s History Review, Vol. 12 , No. 2, pp. 153-68. 157 |
Friends, Associates | Annie Besant | Soon after AB
met George Bernard Shaw
, possibly as early as 1884, they became close friends, sharing a bond in their activities with the Fabian Society
. Shaw later claimed that some romantic intrigue... |
Friends, Associates | Dorothy Richardson | It was H. G. Wells who introduced her to the Fabian Society
, Fromm, Gloria G. Dorothy Richardson: A Biography. University of Illinois Press. 38 |
Friends, Associates | L. S. Bevington | LSB
was a friend of many notable anarchist journalists, including Charlotte Wilson Senaha, Eijun. “A Life of Louisa Sarah Bevington”. The Hokkaido University Annual Report on Cultural Sciences, Vol. 101 , pp. 131-49. 140 |
Friends, Associates | Muriel Box | During her time in Welwyn, MB
became a friend of Flora Robson
, for whom celebrity still lay far in the future. She also had a fascinating and instructive meeting with Shaw
when she and... |
Friends, Associates | Githa Sowerby | There seems, nonetheless, to have been some social benefit in this, since her father's friends included members of the Fabian Society
. Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North. 32 |
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