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Skillfully written and complemented with photos, this biography is the first to honor British actress-manager Lena Ashwell. In a rapidly changing world, Ashwell was crucial to the advancement of women in English theater and in the formation of the National Theater. The book highlights the inspiring woman's other valuable accomplishments as well, including her efforts to raise money during World War I for thousands of concert-party troop entertainments and regular theater performances she established throughout local London communities. From her first appearance on stage in 1891 to the end of her life, this is Lena Ashwell's story.

Author

Margaret Leask

Publisher

Hatfield, Hertfordshire: University of Hertfordshire Press ; London: The Society for Theatre Research

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781907396748

Subjects

Memoir, Sports, Literary Fiction