Maggie Gale's West End Women uncovers groundbreaking material about women playwrights and the staging of their performances between the years 1918 and 1962.
It documents a dynamic era of social and theatrical history, analysing the transformations that occurred in the theatre and the lives of British women in relation to specific plays of the period. Focusing on the work of playwrights such as Dodie Smith, Clemence Dane, Gordon Daviot and Bridget Boland, Maggie Gale examines the cultural and political context within which they enjoyed commercial success and great notoriety.
- ISBN10 6613897744
- ISBN13 9786613897749
- Publish Date 21 August 2012 (first published 21 November 1996)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 18 September 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Not Avail
- Format eBook
- Pages 273
- Language English