Staging politics and gender
Subtitle: French women's drama, 1880-1923
By: Cecilia Beach.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: French drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; French drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; French drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Cecilia Beach examines the political and feminist plays of French playwrights who have been largely overlooked until now. Beach highlights the importance of theatrical endeavors which women perceived as a powerful way to promote political opinions. The author analyzes the work of Louise Michel, Nelly Roussel, Marie Leneru, Vera Starkoff, and Madeline Pelletier and discusses anarchist theater and forms of social protest theater at the turn of the century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [144]-179) and index.