Kate Parry Frye

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Standard Name: Frye, Kate Parry
Birth Name: Katharine Parry Frye
Self-constructed Name: Kate
Pseudonym: Katharine Parry
Married Name: Katharine Collins
KPF wrote prolifically throughout her life. Her most significant work was her diary, in which she meticulousy recorded her daily life from the age of nine until only four months before her death in 1959.
Frye, Kate Parry. “Introduction”. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary, edited by Elizabeth Crawford, Francis Boutle Publishers, pp. 9-34.
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She also wrote numerous plays, only one of which, co-authored with her husband, was ever published.
Frye, Kate Parry. “Introduction”. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary, edited by Elizabeth Crawford, Francis Boutle Publishers, pp. 9-34.
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Her archive contains the typescripts of many of her unpublished plays.
Frye, Kate Parry. “Introduction”. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary, edited by Elizabeth Crawford, Francis Boutle Publishers, pp. 9-34.
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Selections of her 1911-1928 diary covering the campaign for the suffrage were edited and published by Elizabeth Crawford in 2013.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Health Elinor Glyn
By 1902 EG was suffering a recurrence of a severe pain in her side that she had first experienced in Egypt. To treat this pain she travelled to the Bohemian spa of Carlsbad
Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton.
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(where...
Performance of text Christopher St John
This had reached print bearing the date of 1911.
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After the play was banned from the public stage by the censor, a benefit performance was put on for the International Suffrage Shop . Kate Parry Frye
Reception Christabel Pankhurst
This inflammatory book, probably CP 's best known work, was championed by the Church of England (even though the Church disagreed with her views on votes for women). A review by Rebecca West in the...
Textual Production May Edginton
ME was said to have worked on the musical No, No, Nanette (derived from Oh! James!), in which a bible salesman has become a millionaire, thereby plunging himself, his wife, and his adopted daughter...

Timeline

2 April 1911: A national census took place in Britain,...

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2 April 1911

A national census took place in Britain, and was widely boycotted by suffragist organizations under the slogan No Vote, No Census.
Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers.
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28 May 1911: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard...

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28 May 1911

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 's The Cherry Orchard was first performed in England (in Constance Garnett 's translation): by the Incorporated Stage Society at the Aldwych Theatre in London.

4 October 1911: The first electric escalators in the UK were...

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4 October 1911

The first electric escalators in the UK were installed, at Earl's Court underground station, London.

28 March 1912: The Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) was defeated...

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28 March 1912

The Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) was defeated in a House of Commons vote, after passing its second reading (the previous year) with a huge majority.

14 June 1913: Women's Social and Political Union supporters...

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14 June 1913

Women's Social and Political Union supporters formed a funeral procession for Emily Wilding Davison 's funeral.

Texts

Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013.
Frye, Kate Parry, and John Robert Collins. Cease Fire!. Samuel French, 1921.
Frye, Kate Parry. “Introduction”. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary, edited by Elizabeth Crawford, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013, pp. 9-34.
Crawford, Elizabeth, and Kate Parry Frye. The Great War: The People’s Story—Kate Parry Frye: The Long Life of an Edwardian Actress and Suffragette. ITV, 2014.