Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The Dramatic Index
Author: The Dramatic Index for ...
Author: Frederick Winthrop FaxonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Issues for 1912-16, 1919- accompanied by an appendix: The Dramatic books and plays (in English) (title varies slightly) This bibliography was incorporated into the main list in 1917-18.
War Brides
Author: Marion Craig WentworthPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
'War Brides' is a one-act play by Marion Craig Wentworth. It tells the story of a pregnant war widow who commits suicide rather than bear more children for a nation that allows her no say in its decision-making. It was one of the most successful plays of 1915 and was later adapted into a silent film.
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston ...
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
War Plays by Women
Author: Claire M. TyleePublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415222976
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This anthology consists of ten plays from countries involved in the First World War. It explores the historical development of theatrical conventions and genres and the historical context of social and gender issues.
The Moving Picture World
Author: Moving Picture World and View Photographer
Author: War Plays by Women
Author: Agnes CardinalPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136357254
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This anthology consists of ten plays from countries involved in the First World War, including plays from Germany and France never before available in translation. Representing a range of dramatic forms, from radio play to street-epic, from comic sketch to musical, this anthology includes plays from: Gertrude Stein, Muriel Box, Marion Wentworth Craig, Dorothy Hewett, Berta Lask, Marie Leneru, Wendy Lill, Alice Dunbar Nelson, and Christina Reid. Highly successful in their day, these plays demonstrate how women have attempted to use theatre to achieve social change. The collection explores the historical development of theatrical conventions and genres and the historical context of social and gender issues.
The Magazine Subject-index
Author: Publisher:
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Contains the cumulation of the subject index issued in the quarterly numbers of the Bulletin of bibliography and magazine subject-index.
War Brides
Author: Marion Craig WentworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The war brides were cheered with enthusiasm and the churches were crowded when the wedding parties spoke the ceremony in concert.-PRESS CLIPPING. SCENE: A room in a peasant's cottage in a war-ridden country. A large fireplace at the right. Near it a high-backed settle. On the left a heavy oak table and benches. Woven mats on the floor. A door at left leads into a bedroom. In the corner a cupboard. At the back a wide window with scarlet geraniums and an open door. A few firearms are stacked near the fireplace. There is an air of homely color and neatness about the room.