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A splendid adventure : Australian suffrage theatre on the world stage
- Title
- A splendid adventure : Australian suffrage theatre on the world stage / Susan Bradley Smith.
- Author
- Bradley Smith, Susan
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2020]
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- Description
- xiv, 407 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Australia led the world in the achievement of womanhood suffrage and Australian cultural history reflects this ambitious and progressive atmosphere. The impressive achievements of suffrage feminists in Australian theatre, however, are an untold story, as is their contribution to the development of international women's theatre of this time. A Splendid Adventure brings these experiences and experiments to the notice of world through a group biography exploring the theatrical careers of Katharine Susannah Prichard, Stella Miles Franklin and Inez Isabel Bensusan. Chosen because of their expatriate involvement in the women's movement, their international profile as enfranchised Australian women, and their exceptional contribution to both the development of Australian drama and international feminist theatre, these women characterize the energies and passions of Australian suffrage playwrights. These major characters are accompanied by the dramatic stories the New Women playwrights, the theatrical endeavors of women university students, and a consideration of international feminist theatre on tour in Australia, including the work of migrant suffragette Adela Pankhurst. Australian suffrage playwrights emerge from this study as exceptional feminists, expatriates, and theatre workers, whose 'splendid adventures' considerable implications for both Australian theatre historiography and international feminist dramatic criticism"--
- Subjects
- Women in the theater
- Feminist theater
- Women > Suffrage
- History
- Biographies
- 1900-1999
- Australia
- Suffrage in literature
- Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1884-1969
- Franklin, Miles, 1879-1954
- Women > Suffrage > Australia > History
- Women in the theater > Australia > History > 20th century
- Feminist theater > Australia > History > 20th century
- Australian drama > Women authors > Biography
- Bensusan, Inez, 1871-1967
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Suffrage theatre & the women's movement : a short history of longing -- Edwardian feminism on tour : international suffrage theatre in Australia -- Dramatic negotiations : the new woman, women's colleges, & cultural anxiety -- Katharine Susannah Prichard : socialist desire & suffrage theatre -- Stella Miles Franklin : the suffragette speaks -- Inez Bensusan : activist & aesthete -- The glass curtain : suffrage theatre & feminist legacy.
- Call Number
- MWEL (Australia) 21-2213
- ISBN
- 9781906165901
- 1906165904
- LCCN
- 2019038037
- 60002402411
- OCLC
- 1125276363
- Author
- Bradley Smith, Susan, author.
- Title
- A splendid adventure : Australian suffrage theatre on the world stage / Susan Bradley Smith.
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2020]
- Edition
- 1st.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: CURTIN UNIVERSITY.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Standard Identifier
- 60002402411
- Research Call Number
- MWEL (Australia) 21-2213