Staging the New Woman: Bernard Shaw, Suffrage, and Theatre as Activism
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Ellen Dolgin/NeMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association)
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Sarah Grand's essays on the woman question published in the North American Review in 1894 coined the phrase 'new woman': Shaw created a series of characters and 'unwomanly' women. Actress/activists like Elizabeth Robins and Cicely Hamilton worked with Shaw and wrote their own feminist plays. This panel will examine the audience impact of these plays. 250 word abstracts to:
Ellen Dolgin