Sweet Canadian girls abroad: a transnational history of stage and screen actresses

Taking the approach of feminist collective biography, this book tells the story of the Canadian women who forged careers as professional actresses from the 1870s to the 1940s. Appearing in Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, they were integral in theatrical networks and h...

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Main Author: Morgan, Cecilia Louise 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal McGill-Queen's University Press [2022]
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Summary:Taking the approach of feminist collective biography, this book tells the story of the Canadian women who forged careers as professional actresses from the 1870s to the 1940s. Appearing in Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, they were integral in theatrical networks and helped shape transnational middle-class culture.
Cover -- SWEET CANADIAN GIRLS ABROAD -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Actresses? The Personal and the Professional -- CHAPTER One Becoming an Actress: Childhood, Family, and the Stage -- CHAPTER TWO Working Lives -- CHAPTER THREE The Plays -- CHAPTER FOUR Celebrity -- CHAPTER FIVE Citizenship -- CHAPTER SIX The Interwar Decades: Retaining Old Patterns, Facing New Challenges -- CHAPTER SEVEN The Modern - and Transnational - Sweet Canadian Girl Onstage in London ...and New York ... and Sydney ... and Auckland -- Epilogue -- Dramatis Personae -- Figures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Physical Description:xi, 424 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780228011385
9780228011378

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