Women's Amateur Theatre in Rural Britain, 1919-1945

ISBN-13: 9781032291291 / Twarda / 2023 / 280 str.

Canada) White Bonnie (Memorial University of Newfoundland

Opis

Women's Amateur Theatre in Rural Britain is the first book-length study of the National Federation of Women's Institutes' amateur drama groups.

Spis treści

Introduction: Women’s Amateur Drama and the First World War 1. From Village Drama to a National League: The Creation of WI Drama Groups 2. Women’s Dramatic Education and Training 3. Amateur Productions: Festivals, Pageants, and Competition 4. Amateur Performance, Professional Responsibilities, and Performing Rights 5. The Second World War and a New Age for Women’s Amateur Theatre. Conclusion

O autorze

Bonnie White is Associate Professor in modern British history at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus. She is the author of The Society for the Oversea Settlement of British Women (2019) and The Women’s Land Army in First World War Britain (2014).