British Theatre and the Great War, 1914 - 1919

Claire Cochrane, University of Worcester, UK Katharine Cockin, University of Hull, UK Sos Eltis, Oxford University, UK Victor Emeljanow, University of Newcastle, Australia. Simon Featherstone, De Montfort University, UK Ailsa Grant Ferguson, University of Brighton, UK Viv Gardner, University of Manchester, UK Emma Hanna, University of Greenwich, UK Anselm Heinrich, University of Glasgow, UK Veronica Kelly, University of Queensland, UK Margaret Leask, University of Sydney, Australia Steve Nicholson, University of Sheffield, UK

1. Introduction: Rediscovering the Theatre of the First World War; Andrew Maunder PART I: MOBILISATION AND PROPAGANDA2. 'This Unhappy Nation': War on the Stage in 1914; Steve Nicholson3. Reclaiming Shakespeare. 1914-1918; Anselm Heinrich4. On the edge of town: Melodrama and Suburban Theatre in Brixton, 1915; Andrew MaunderPART II: WOMEN AND WAR5. 'From sex-war to factory floor': Theatrical Depictions of Women's Work during the First World War; Sos Eltis6. Edith Craig and The Pioneer Players: London's International Art Theatre in a `Khaki-clad and Khaki-minded World'; Katharine Cockin7. `A Sweet Tribute to Her Memory': War-time Edith Cavell Plays and Films; Veronica KellyPART III: POPULAR THEATRE8. ''The Theatre of the Flappers?: Gender, Spectatorship and the 'womanisation' of Theatre 1914-1918'; Viv Gardner9. `[N]o more jokes'?: Metropolitan Music Hall and Variety Theatre; Simon Featherstone10. British Cinema, Regulation and the War Effort ; Emma HannaPART IV: ALTERNATIVE SPACES11. A City's Toys: Theatre in Birmingham 1914-1918; Claire Cochrane12. Entertaining the Anzacs: Performance for and by Australian and New Zealand troops on leave in London, 1916-1919; Ailsa Grant-Ferguson13. Lena Ashwell: Touring Concert Parties and Arts Advocacy, 1914-1919; Margaret Leask.14. Palliative Pantomimes: Entertainment in Prisoner-of-war Camps; Victor EmeljanowBibliographyIndex