The Era offered its praise: the authoress of Chains . . . has once again shown that she can write with sympathy, understanding and not a little humour, about mankind's frailties.
qtd. in
Weiss, Rudolf. “Versions of Emancipation: The Dramatic World of Elizabeth Baker”. Sprachkunst, Vol.
20
, No. 2, 1989, pp. 305-16.
307
The Times was...
Occupation
Inez Bensusan
IB
also became involved with a new performance troupe, a Sunday Society called the 1930 Players
. This group seems to have kept up some if its earlier suffrage connections by performing such plays as...
Performance of text
Elizabeth Baker
EB
's Penelope Forgives, a full-length play dealing with women's economic position in divorce, was performed by the 1930 Players
at the Century 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
“Review of Penelope Forgives by Elizabeth Baker”. The Times, 22 Feb. 1930, p. 10.
10
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...