Weiss, Rudolf. “Versions of Emancipation: The Dramatic World of Elizabeth Baker”. Sprachkunst, Vol.
20
, No. 2, 1989, pp. 305-16. 315
Court Theatre
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Baker | Two one-act plays by EB
, Cupid in Clapham and Miss Tassey, were produced at the Court Theatre
in London. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 490 |
| Performance of text | Augusta Gregory | The Wrens, a political comedy by AG
, had its first production at London's Court Theatre
. Saddlemyer, Ann, and Augusta Gregory. “Foreword and History of First Productions”. The Tragedies and Tragic Comedies of Lady Gregory, Colin Smythe, 1970, p. v - xiii. xi |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Baker | EB
's Partnership, a three-act comedy about business and marriage, opened at the Court Theatre
in London. Weiss, Rudolf. “Versions of Emancipation: The Dramatic World of Elizabeth Baker”. Sprachkunst, Vol. 20 , No. 2, 1989, pp. 305-16. 315 Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 490 |
| Performance of text | Augusta Gregory | One source of inspiration for this play was the 1887-88 imprisonment of AG
's close friend, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
, for protesting against the eviction of tenants during the Land War. McDiarmid, Lucy et al. “Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography”. Selected Writings, Penguin, 1995, pp. xi - xliv, 525. 537, 547 |
| Author summary | Elizabeth Baker | Elizabeth Baker
's drama often deals with feminist and economic issues facing struggling middle-class families. Her casts of characters include feisty, independent young women seeking emancipation and sympathetic men burdened with supporting a family on... |
| Textual Production | Harriett Jay | This did even better than most of their joint plays, clocking up their longest consecutive run (256 performances). Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. |
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