Cardinal, Agnes; Turner, Elaine; Tylee, Claire M.

'Tyler, with Turner and Cardinal, has admirably addressed the issue of war plays by women in their anthology.' - Women: A Cultural Review'detailed and fascinating...gives valuable additional context to the plays themselves'-Times Higher Education Supplement'The contexts and commentaries which Tylee, Turner and Cardinal provide situate these forgotten dramatic texts within radical histories of the theatre and radical histories of women.' - Mary Joannou, Literature and History

• Contents Acknowledgements Illustrations General Introduction Marion Wentworth Craig (1872- ) 'War Brides' (USA 1915 - 1 Act Play Film); Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875-1935)'Mine Eyes Have Seen' (USA 1918 - 1 Act Playlet); Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) 'Please do not Suffer: a Play' & 'Accents in Alsace: a Reasonable Tragedy' (USA 1916/1919); Marie Leneru (1875-1918) '[La Paix] Peace' (France 1918/1922 - 4 Acts); Berta Lask (1878-1967) '[Die Befreiung] Liberation: 16 Tableaux of the lives of German and Russian Women, 1914-1920' (Germany 1924) - Play in 16 scenes); Muriel Box (1905-91) 'Angels of War' (UK 1935 - Play in 3 Acts); Dorothy Hewett (1923-) 'The Man From Mukinupin' (Australia 1979 - 2 Act Musical); Sheila Rowbotham (1923- ) 'Friends of Alice Wheeldon' (UK 1980- 5 Act); Wendy Lill (1950- ) 'The Fighting Days' (Canada 1984 - 2 Act) Christina Reid (1942- ) 'My Name, Shall I Tell You My Name' (N. Ireland 1989 - 1 Act Radio-Play); Appendix: Checklist of War-plays by Women, 1915-1939

Cardinal, Agnes; Turner, Elaine; Tylee, Claire M.

'Tyler, with Turner and Cardinal, has admirably addressed the issue of war plays by women in their anthology.' - Women: A Cultural Review'detailed and fascinating...gives valuable additional context to the plays themselves'-Times Higher Education Supplement'The contexts and commentaries which Tylee, Turner and Cardinal provide situate these forgotten dramatic texts within radical histories of the theatre and radical histories of women.' - Mary Joannou, Literature and History

• Contents Acknowledgements Illustrations General Introduction Marion Wentworth Craig (1872- ) 'War Brides' (USA 1915 - 1 Act Play Film); Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875-1935)'Mine Eyes Have Seen' (USA 1918 - 1 Act Playlet); Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) 'Please do not Suffer: a Play' & 'Accents in Alsace: a Reasonable Tragedy' (USA 1916/1919); Marie Leneru (1875-1918) '[La Paix] Peace' (France 1918/1922 - 4 Acts); Berta Lask (1878-1967) '[Die Befreiung] Liberation: 16 Tableaux of the lives of German and Russian Women, 1914-1920' (Germany 1924) - Play in 16 scenes); Muriel Box (1905-91) 'Angels of War' (UK 1935 - Play in 3 Acts); Dorothy Hewett (1923-) 'The Man From Mukinupin' (Australia 1979 - 2 Act Musical); Sheila Rowbotham (1923- ) 'Friends of Alice Wheeldon' (UK 1980- 5 Act); Wendy Lill (1950- ) 'The Fighting Days' (Canada 1984 - 2 Act) Christina Reid (1942- ) 'My Name, Shall I Tell You My Name' (N. Ireland 1989 - 1 Act Radio-Play); Appendix: Checklist of War-plays by Women, 1915-1939

Cardinal, Agnes; Turner, Elaine; Tylee, Claire M.

'Tyler, with Turner and Cardinal, has admirably addressed the issue of war plays by women in their anthology.' - Women: A Cultural Review'detailed and fascinating...gives valuable additional context to the plays themselves'-Times Higher Education Supplement'The contexts and commentaries which Tylee, Turner and Cardinal provide situate these forgotten dramatic texts within radical histories of the theatre and radical histories of women.' - Mary Joannou, Literature and History

• Contents Acknowledgements Illustrations General Introduction Marion Wentworth Craig (1872- ) 'War Brides' (USA 1915 - 1 Act Play Film); Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875-1935)'Mine Eyes Have Seen' (USA 1918 - 1 Act Playlet); Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) 'Please do not Suffer: a Play' & 'Accents in Alsace: a Reasonable Tragedy' (USA 1916/1919); Marie Leneru (1875-1918) '[La Paix] Peace' (France 1918/1922 - 4 Acts); Berta Lask (1878-1967) '[Die Befreiung] Liberation: 16 Tableaux of the lives of German and Russian Women, 1914-1920' (Germany 1924) - Play in 16 scenes); Muriel Box (1905-91) 'Angels of War' (UK 1935 - Play in 3 Acts); Dorothy Hewett (1923-) 'The Man From Mukinupin' (Australia 1979 - 2 Act Musical); Sheila Rowbotham (1923- ) 'Friends of Alice Wheeldon' (UK 1980- 5 Act); Wendy Lill (1950- ) 'The Fighting Days' (Canada 1984 - 2 Act) Christina Reid (1942- ) 'My Name, Shall I Tell You My Name' (N. Ireland 1989 - 1 Act Radio-Play); Appendix: Checklist of War-plays by Women, 1915-1939