Githa Sowerby: Three Plays: Rutherford and Son, A Man and Some Women, The Stepmother

ISBN-13: 9781554811854 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 410 str.

Githa Sowerby

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• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Githa Sowerby: A Brief Chronology
• A Note on the TextsRutherford and Son Introduction
• Rutherford and Son: A Play in Three ActsA Man and Some Women Introduction
• A Man and Some Women: A Play in Three ActsThe Stepmother Introduction
• The Stepmother: A Play in a Prologue and Three ActsAppendix A: The Fabian Context
• 1. From Bernard Shaw, 'Preface to the 1908 Reprint,' Fabian Essays (1908)
• 2. From William Archer, 'Fabianism and the Drama,' The New Age (3-24 October 1908)
• Appendix B: The Feminist Context
• 1. From Woman (26 September 1894)
• 2. From C. Morgan-Dockrell, 'Is the New Woman a Myth?,' The Humanitarian (January-June 1896)
• 3. From Arabella Kenealy, 'The Dignity of Love,' The Humanitarian (January-June 1896)
• 4. From Cicely Hamilton, Marriage as a Trade (1909)
• Appendix C: The Economic Context
• 1. From Louise Creighton, 'The Employment of Educated Women,' The Nineteenth Century (November 1901)
• 2. From 'Statistics of Women's Employment,' The Review of Reviews (July 1905)
• 3. From M.[abel] A.[tkinson], The Economic Foundations of the Women's Movement (June 1914)
• Appendix D: The Theatrical Context
• 1. Rutherford and Son: First Performance and Cast List
• 2. Rutherford and Son: Critical Reception
• a. Phil Farnum, 'Fame in a Day'
• b. 'A New Playwright: Remarkable Achievement by K.G. Sowerby,' Westminster Gazette (1 February 1912)
• c. E.A. Baughan, 'A New Dramatist: ‘Rutherford and Son' at the Court'
• d. 'Miss Sowerby's Silence'
• e. J.W., '‘Rutherford and Son' at the Royal Court Theatre,' Westminster Gazette (1 February 1912)
• f. 'Royal Court Theatre,' London Times (2 February 1912)
• g. 'Our Point of View: Woman Wins,' The Vote (10 February 1912)
• h. 'The Little Theatre,' London Times (19 March 1912)
• i. R.P., 'A New Woman Playwright,' Votes for Women (29 March 1912)
• j. From John Palmer, '‘Rutherford and Son'' Saturday Review (30 March 1912)
• k. C.N.B., '‘Rutherford and Son' a Great Suffrage Play,' The Vote (20 July 1912)
• l. From Emma Goldman, The Social Significance of the Modern Drama (1914)
• 3. G.S. Street, 'Licensing Note' for Githa Sowerby, 'A Man and Some Women' (13 October 1914)
• 4. A Man and Some Women: First Performance and Cast List
• 5. A Man and Some Women: Critical Reception
• a. From 'New Plays at the Gaiety,' Manchester Courier (27 October 1914)
• b. From 'New Play at the Gaiety,' Manchester Despatch (26 October 1914)
• c. From H.[arold] B.[righouse], 'Gaiety Theatre: Two New Plays,' Manchester Guardian (27 October 1914)
• d. From 'The Gaiety,' Manchester Weekly Times (1 November 1914)
• e. From 'A Man and Some Women,' Sunday Chronicle (1 November 1914)
• 6. The Stepmother: First Performance and Cast List
• 7. The Stepmother Critical Reception
• a. 'The Stepmother,' The Era (16 January 1924)
• b. '‘The Stepmother' by Ghita [sic] Sowerby,' Illustrated London News (26 January 1924)
• c. 'The Stepmother'
• d. E.A.B.[aughan], '‘The Stepmother': New Drama Produced by The Play Actors'
• e. S.R.L., 'The Stepmother,' Referee (20 January 1924)
• Works Cited and Select Bibliography