Rebecca Benzie is a Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York. Her research interests include feminist theatre practices, new playwriting, and acts of commemoration. She is an experienced theatre practitioner and dramaturg, specialising in devised theatre and textual adaptation. Her recent publications comprise a chapter in The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre of the First World War (2023) and a co-authored journal article on the history play for Studies in Theatre and Performance (2023).

• Introduction1. The Wartime Woman: The Impact of the Centenary Year on Theatrical Representations of World War One.2. The Victorian Woman: Identity Politics in Neo-Victorian Performance.3. The Educated Woman: Choice Feminism and the Love/Career Dichotomy.4. The Playwright as Historiographer5. The DisruptionConclusionAppendix OneBibliographyIndex

Rebecca Benzie is a Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York. Her research interests include feminist theatre practices, new playwriting, and acts of commemoration. She is an experienced theatre practitioner and dramaturg, specialising in devised theatre and textual adaptation. Her recent publications comprise a chapter in The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre of the First World War (2023) and a co-authored journal article on the history play for Studies in Theatre and Performance (2023).

• Introduction1. The Wartime Woman: The Impact of the Centenary Year on Theatrical Representations of World War One.2. The Victorian Woman: Identity Politics in Neo-Victorian Performance.3. The Educated Woman: Choice Feminism and the Love/Career Dichotomy.4. The Playwright as Historiographer5. The DisruptionConclusionAppendix OneBibliographyIndex

Rebecca Benzie is a Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York. Her research interests include feminist theatre practices, new playwriting, and acts of commemoration. She is an experienced theatre practitioner and dramaturg, specialising in devised theatre and textual adaptation. Her recent publications comprise a chapter in The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre of the First World War (2023) and a co-authored journal article on the history play for Studies in Theatre and Performance (2023).

• Introduction1. The Wartime Woman: The Impact of the Centenary Year on Theatrical Representations of World War One.2. The Victorian Woman: Identity Politics in Neo-Victorian Performance.3. The Educated Woman: Choice Feminism and the Love/Career Dichotomy.4. The Playwright as Historiographer5. The DisruptionConclusionAppendix OneBibliographyIndex