British theatre and the Great War, 1914-1919 : new perspectives
This book examines how theatre in its various forms adapted itself to the new conditions of 1914-1918. Contributors draw on a range of source materials to show the different kinds of theatrical provision and performance cultures in operation not only in London but across parts of Britain and also in Australia and at the Front.
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1. Introduction: Rediscovering the Theatre of the First World War; Andrew Maunder
PART I: MOBILISATION AND PROPAGANDA
2. 'This Unhappy Nation': War on the Stage in 1914; Steve Nicholson
3. Reclaiming Shakespeare. 1914-1918; Anselm Heinrich
4. On the edge of town: Melodrama and Suburban Theatre in Brixton, 1915; Andrew Maunder
PART II: WOMEN AND WAR
5. 'From sex-war to factory floor': Theatrical Depictions of Women's Work during the First World War; Sos Eltis
6. Edith Craig and The Pioneer Players: London's International Art Theatre in a Khaki-clad and Khaki-minded World'; Katharine Cockin
7. A Sweet Tribute to Her Memory': War-time Edith Cavell Plays and Films; Veronica Kelly
PART III: POPULAR THEATRE
8. ''The Theatre of the Flappers?: Gender, Spectatorship and the 'womanisation' of Theatre 1914-1918'; Viv Gardner
9. [N]o more jokes'?: Metropolitan Music Hall and Variety Theatre; Simon Featherstone
10. British Cinema, Regulation and the War Effort ; Emma Hanna
PART IV: ALTERNATIVE SPACES
11. A City's Toys: Theatre in Birmingham 1914-1918; Claire Cochrane
12. Entertaining the Anzacs: Performance for and by Australian and New Zealand troops on leave in London, 1916-1919; Ailsa Grant-Ferguson
13. Lena Ashwell: Touring Concert Parties and Arts Advocacy, 1914-1919; Margaret Leask
14. Palliative Pantomimes: Entertainment in Prisoner-of-war Camps; Victor Emeljanow