TY - BOOK AU - Maunder,Andrew TI - British theatre and the Great War, 1914-1919: new perspectives SN - 9781137401991 KW - Theater KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 20th century KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Theater and the war N1 - Introduction; Rediscovering First World War theatre; Andrew Maunder --; Part I; Mobilization and propaganda --; 'This unhappy nation': War on the stage in 1914; Steve Nicholson --; Reclaiming Shakespeare 1914-1918; Anselm Heinrich --; On the edge of town: melodrama and suburban theatre in Brixton, 1915; Andrew Maunder --; Part II; Women and war --; From sex-war to factory floor: theatrical depictions of women's work during the First World War; Sos Eltis --; Edith Craig and the Pioneer Players: London's international art theatre in a 'khaki-clad and khaki-minded world'; Katharine Cockin --; 'A sweet tribute to her memory'" war time Edith Cavell plays and films; Veronica Kelly --; Part III; Popular theatre --; The theatre of the flappers?: Gender, spectatorship and the 'womanisation' of theatre 1914-1918; Viv Gardner --; The epitome of national life: Metropolitan Music Hall and Variety Theatre, 1913-1919; Simon Featherstone --; British cinema, regulation and the war effort, 1914-1918; Emma Hanna --; Part IV; Alternative spaces --; A city's toys: theatre in Birmingham 1914-1918; Claire Cochrane --; Entertaining the Anzacs: performances for Australian and New Zealand troops on leave in London, 1916-1919; Ailsa Grant Ferguson --; Lena Ashwell: touring concert parties and arts advocacy, 1914-1919; Margaret Keask --; Palliative pantomimes: entertainments in prisoner-of-war camps; Victor Emeljanow ER -