Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol.
15
, pp. 123-37. 125
Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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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... |
Occupation | Inez Bensusan | This was her most challenging project as head of the Play Department of the Actresses' Franchise League
. She hoped a West End theatre would pick up the production, but none did. Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol. 15 , pp. 123-37. 125 |
Occupation | Inez Bensusan | This organisation, still closely associated with the Actresses' Franchise League
, was responsible for staging at least 654 performances during the First World War. Musical and variety shows were the most popular events, but IB |
Occupation | Inez Bensusan | After the war, the Actresses' Franchise League
lost its momentum and many of its members turned their attention to the British Drama League
and the founding of a National Theatre. Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol. 15 , pp. 123-37. 135 |
Occupation | Inez Bensusan | At the beginning of the Second World War, IB
attempted to coordinate an operation similar to the one she organised with the Actresses' Franchise League
during the First World War providing entertainment for soldiers, but... |
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 |
Employer | Inez Bensusan | IB
became manager of the Play Department of the Actresses' Franchise League
. In this position she mobilised writers to contribute plays to the suffrage cause. Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol. 15 , pp. 123-37. 123-4 |
Occupation | Inez Bensusan | The Play Department of the Actresses' Franchise League
, headed by IB
, held its first series of performances at a Votes for Women Exhibition at the Prince's Skating Rink in Knightsbridge. Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol. 15 , pp. 123-37. 124 Holledge, Julie. Innocent Flowers: Women in the Edwardian Theatre. Virago. 63, 205 n20-1 |
Occupation | Inez Bensusan | The Play Department of the Actresses' Franchise League
, directed by IB
, helped to raise suffrage funds with matinees of short plays and sketches at the Kingsway
, Royalty
and Lyceum
theatres in London. Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol. 15 , pp. 123-37. 124 |
Occupation | Inez Bensusan | Woman's Theatre Week, organised by IB
under the auspices of the Actresses' Franchise League
, was launched at the Coronet Theatre
in London. Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol. 15 , pp. 123-37. 125 |
Occupation | Inez Bensusan | The Actresses' Franchise League
launched the Woman's Theatre War Relief Matinees
, a series of benefit performances organised by IB
, Janette Steer
, and others to raise funds for a variety of wartime charities. Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol. 15 , pp. 123-37. 132 |
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... |
Cultural formation | Inez Bensusan | Little information is available about IB
's early life in Australia, before she emigrated to England and became active in the women's suffrage movement and the Actresses' Franchise League
. Her family was part... |
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... |