Jessica Swale
Auteur van Blue Stockings
Werken van Jessica Swale
Jessica Swale's Blue Stockings: A guide for studying and staging the play (Page to Stage Study Guides) (2017) 4 exemplaren
Summerland — Director — 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geslacht
- female
Leden
Besprekingen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 8
- Leden
- 87
- Populariteit
- #211,168
- Waardering
- 4.4
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 17
One of the most socially powerful of the main female characters believes we should fight first for improvements perceived as most likely to be achievable in the shorter term. Women's education is her chosen cause, which she insists on separating from women's political rights. History consistently proves this position inadequate. Women won the right to vote in 1918 and 1928, but weren't allowed Oxbridge degrees until 1921 and 1947. The token working class female student is also very realistically sacrificed for the benefit of middle class ideologies (that undermine feminist solidarity).
The play is also a witty theatrical entertainment, with relatable characters.… (meer)