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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | Emmuska, Baroness Orczy | When the stage version of The Scarlet Pimpernel did open in London, at the New Theatre
, EBO
and her husband were foolishly excited to see it advertised in huge letters on the side... |
| Performance of text | Evelyn Glover | EG
's only full-length play, Time to Wake Up, opened at the New Theatre
in London. Holledge, Julie. Innocent Flowers: Women in the Edwardian Theatre. Virago. 168 |
| Performance of text | Margaret Kennedy | MK
's first play, an adaptation of her bestselling novel The Constant Nymph, opened at the New Theatre
in London. Powell, Violet. The Constant Novelist. W. Heinemann. 78 “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 36 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | George Bernard Shaw | Saint Joan, a history play by GBS
responding to Joan
's recent canonization, had its London opening at the New Theatre
, starring Sybil Thorndike
. The role was crucial for Thorndike, who was... |
| Performance of text | Githa Sowerby | The Play Actors
society produced GS
's play The Stepmother at London's New Theatre
in a single Sunday performance (other theatres being then closed). Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 959 Riley, Patricia. Looking for Githa. New Writing North. 79 |
| Performance of text | Josephine Tey | The Laughing Woman by Gordon Daviot, a play about artistic genius, opened at the New Theatre
in London. Roy, Sandra. Josephine Tey. Twayne. 22 Weintraub, Stanley, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 10. Gale Research. 10: 139 |
| Performance of text | Josephine Tey | Gordon Daviot
's Queen of Scots, directed by Sir John Gielgud
and starring Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
and a young Laurence Olivier
, opened at the New Theatre
in London. Gielgud, Sir John, and Josephine Tey. “Foreword”. Plays by Gordon Daviot, Peter Davies, p. ix - xii. ix Weintraub, Stanley, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 10. Gale Research. 10: 139 Roy, Sandra. Josephine Tey. Twayne. 23 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Josephine Tey | Through an innovative blend of historical scholarship and detective fiction, the novel exonerates Richard III
for the murder of the little Princes in the Tower, pinning the crime on Henry VII
. JT
's... |
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