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Cicely Hamilton
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Standard Name: Hamilton, Cicely
Birth Name: Cicely Mary Hammill
Pseudonym: Cicely Hamilton
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's early twentieth-century plays, novels, feminist prose, and travel writing are firmly rooted in her politics, and demonstrate her skill as political satirist. As a propagandist her method is often to take the views of the other side and render them ridiculous. Her earlier writings reflect her commitment to women's suffrage and economic independence, while her later work focuses primarily on war.
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | Margaret Haig Thomas (later MHVR
) was influenced by the political ideas of John Stuart Mill
's The Subjection of Women (1869), Cicely Hamilton
's Marriage as a Trade (1909), and Olive Schreiner
's Woman and Labour (1911). Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press. 22-8, 30-1 |
| 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 |
| politics | Elizabeth Robins | ER
became president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League
, founded this year by Cicely Hamilton
and Bessie Hatton
. John, Angela V. Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life, 1862-1952. Routledge. 153 |
| Reception | Elizabeth Robins | On ER
's request, Cicely Hamilton
adapted the novel as a play, but it was never performed. The Lord Chamberlain refused to license it on the grounds that it ought not be allowed to run... |
| Occupation | Maude Royden | In June 1921, they moved the Fellowship Services to the Guildhouse, Eccleston Square, where MR
continued to preach until she resigned in December 1936. She resigned because, she said, I have to choose; and... |
| Reception | Catharine Amy Dawson Scott | This novel received excellent reviews and in early 1920 reached the short-list of three English submissions for the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse, which however went in the end to Cicely Hamilton
. In The Observer... |
| Publishing | May Sinclair | MS
published A Defence of Men in The English Review, in response to Cicely Hamilton
's Man published in the April issue of the same periodical. Boll, Theophilus E. M. Miss May Sinclair: Novelist: A Biographical and Critical Introduction. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 252 |
| politics | May Sinclair | It was an act of great courage for MS
to make herself so conspicuous. Cicely Hamilton
and Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
led the procession. Members of the WWSL each carried a goose quill and a bannerette... |
| Reception | Constance Smedley | Though Liberals welcomed the pageant, it was widely condemned by the County or local landowners as socialistic. Smedley, Constance, and Maxwell Armfield. Crusaders. Chatto & Windus. 203, 206 |
| Performance of text | Ethel Smyth | ES
first performed her anthem The March of the Women (written for the WSPU
, with words by Cicely Hamilton
); she dedicated it to Emmeline Pankhurst
. Marcus, Jane, editor. “Introduction / Appendix”. Suffrage and the Pankhursts, Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp. 1 - 17, 306. 310 Sadie, Julie Anne, and Rhian Samuel, editors. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Macmillan. 430-1 |
| Performance of text | Christopher St John | CSJ
and Cicely Hamilton
's How the Vote Was Won, the most successful of the Edwardian suffrage plays, was first performed at the Royalty Theatre
, London. Hamilton, Cicely, and Christopher St John. How the Vote Was Won. Dramatic Publishing Company. 3 Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell. 220 |
| Performance of text | Christopher St John | The one-act play The Pot and the Kettle by CSJ
and Cicely Hamilton
was first performed at the Scala Theatre
, London, accompanying Hamilton's A Pageant of Great Women. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press. 698 |
| Author summary | Christopher St John | Writing from the beginning of the twentieth century, CSJ
produced novels, biography, and love-journals, as well as her work for the stage, for which she wrote translations, adaptations, and original plays. She is best... |
| Occupation | Christopher St John | CSJ
, as well as writing and acting for the Pioneer Players
, sat on their committees and served as honorary secretary, 1915-20. Her stage roles for the Players included one in Edith Craig's production... |
| 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... |
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