‘Laugh a defiance, Laugh in hope’: Suffrage Comedy and Humour as Political Protest
In the context of the women’s movement at the turn of the 20th century and the campaign for the vote, the Actresses’ Franchise League produced and performed a body of plays known as « suffrage drama », many of which were comedies. Drawing on a selection of these works, this article considers the rel...
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Main Author: | Eleanor Stewart |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2022-10-01
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Series: | Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cve/11875 |
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