Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol.
15
, June 1995, pp. 123-37. 124
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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 , June 1995, pp. 123-37. 124 |
Occupation | Constance Smedley | In the New Forest they set up a theatrical summer school, which ran for three seasons. They attracted students from all over the world. At the same period they began publishing textbooks on their theatrical... |
Occupation | Harriett Jay | Alone in London opened in its title city by 22 October 1885, and in it Jay again took the stage. On 22 February of the next year she and Buchanan
took this play on the... |
Performance of text | Christopher St John | CSJ
's adaptation/translation The Children's Carnival (from Carnaval des enfants by St Georges de Bouhelier
) was first performed by the Pioneer Players
at the Kingsway Theatre
, London. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 928 |
Performance of text | Christopher St John | CSJ
's one-act play The First Actress made part of the inaugural performance (Kingsway Theatre
, London) of the newly founded Pioneer Players
. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 928 Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998. 221 |
Performance of text | Cicely Hamilton | CH
's first full-length play, Diana of Dobson's, opened at the Kingsway Theatre
in London. Demastes, William W., and Katherine E. Kelly, editors. British Playwrights, 1880-1956. Greenwood Press, 1996. 190 |
Performance of text | Cicely Hamilton | Jack and Jill and a Friend, CH
's comic drama about the difficulties of being a woman writer, was performed by the Pioneer Players
at the Kingsway Theatre
in London, directed by Edith Craig
. Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998. 221 Whitelaw, Lis. The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton. Women’s Press, 1990. 124-5 |
Performance of text | Cicely Hamilton | After Birmingham, the play ran from 17 November 1925 to 16 January 1926 at the Kingsway Theatre
in London, produced by Sir Barry Jackson
. Demastes, William W., and Katherine E. Kelly, editors. British Playwrights, 1880-1956. Greenwood Press, 1996. 192 |
Performance of text | Henrik Ibsen | The first public English production of HI
's play A Doll's House opened at the Novelty Theatre
in London, causing a sensation among forward-looking women. Hawkins-Dady, Mark et al., editors. International Dictionary of Theatre. St James Press, 1992–1996, 3 vols. I: 191 McFarlane, James, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen. Cambridge University Press, 1994. xix, xxi |
Performance of text | Harriett Jay | HJ
co-wrote a second play with Robert Buchanan
: Fascination, this time a three-act comedy. She also played the title character in its opening at the Novelty Theatre
. “The Novelty Theatre”. Times, No. 32198, 8 Oct. 1887, p. 4. 32198 (8 October 1887): 4 |
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