Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-293) and index.
Contents:
Part IV. Palliative pantomimes: entertainments in prisoner-of-war camps / Victor Emeljanow. 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.
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