2 Female networks

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vii
4. Notes on contributors x
5. Series editors’ foreword xiv
6. Acknowledgements xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I Female theatre workers in the social and theatrical realm
9. 1 ‘Believe me or not’ 17
10. 2 Female networks 42
11. 3 Past the memoir 69
12. 4 Offstage labour 94
13. 5 ‘Very much alive and kicking’ 118
14. 6 Defending the body, defending the self 138
15. Part II Women and popular performance
16. 7 Emotional and natural 163
17. 8 Lily Brayton 191
18. 9 Aerial star 216
19. 10 Ellen Terry 242
20. 11 Mabel Constanduros 262
21. 12 The odd woman 286
22. Index 207