Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-45375-2 - The Edwardian Theatre: Essays on Performance and the Stage Edited by Michael R. Booth, Joel H. Kaplan Index More information Index Page numbers in bold type refer to illustrations. Abercrombie, Lascelles 29 theatre societies 133-5 Abrahams, Morris 215 women 62, 67, 137-40 actor-managers 157-8 Austin, Charles 69 actors Authors' Producing Society 170 and cinema 228-9 'autumn drama' 222-3, 22^» 233~~4 and critics 154, 155-6, 162-3 avant-garde movement 130—3 Jewish 205-6 Axelrad, Maurice 205 off-stage 144 Actresses' Franchise League (AFL) 104, Bailey, Peter x, 3-4, 36-55, 75, 79, 120, 170, 173, 192 121, 171 Adcock, A. St John 28 Balfour, Arthur, Earl 140 Adler, Jacob 205, 208-9 Bandmann-Palmer, Millicent 118 Ainley, Henry 144 bankers 112-14 Albert and Edmonds 96 Barker, Harley Granville see Granville Alexander, Sir George 139, 143, 144 Barker, Harley Allan, Maud 79 Barnes, Kenneth 187 Allen, Harry 96 Barrett, Wilson 162 Allen Theatres Company 122 Barrie, J. M. 12, 21, 22, 23-4, 25-7 Alving, Oswald 172 Baylis, Lilian 117, 118 Angyalfi, Arthur 94 Beatie, May 100 Antoine, Andre 134, 142 Beerbohm, Max 152, 161, 162 Archer, William 7, 148, 153, 155, 156-9, on Barrie 26 163 on musical comedy 44, 54 on musical comedy 3, 36, 47, 48, 53-4, on other critics 155, 156 55 on Christabel Pankhurst 186 on national theatre 20 on pantomime 25 on realism 16-18 Ben Hur 226-7 art 130-2 Bennett, Arnold 180, 189 Ashwell, Lena 118, 119, 126, 170 Benrhardt, Sarah 196, 228 audiences 6, 27-8, 130-46 Bensusan, Inez 170, 172 attendances 148-50 Beringer, Esme 108, 177 and avant-garde movement 130-3 Berman, Russell 131 and critics 154, 155, 157 Besant, Walter 201 dress of 137-40, 143-4, 2l2 Birkin, Andrew 25 intellectualization of 136-7, 140-2 Bjornson, B. M. 171 music hall 62, 67, 71-2 Black, Clementina 169 musical comedy 53-4 Boardman, W. H. 'Billy' 67 regulation of 145 Booth, Charles 201, 203-4, 216-17 Royal Court Vedrenne-Barker Booth, Michael R. x season 135-42 Borsa, Mario 19, 136, 140, 212-13 236 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-45375-2 - The Edwardian Theatre: Essays on Performance and the Stage Edited by Michael R. Booth, Joel H. Kaplan Index More information Index 237 Boucicault, Dot 160 Clurman, Harold 133 Bourdon, Georges 28, 29 Cohen, Isaac 208 Bovill, C. H. 70 Cole, Herbert 166, 167 Bow Music Hall 216 Coleman, Nellie 102 Bradford 62, 66 Collins, Arthur 24, 226 Brahm, Otto 134, 142 Collins, Lottie 48-9 Braithwaite, Lilian 144 Colson, Percy 11 Bratton, J. S. x, 3, 4, 5, 78, 86-109 Comedy Theatre 180 Brecht, Bertolt 132, 146 Common Cause 168-9 Brieux, Eugene 171, 173 Companies Acts 120 Britannia Theatre, Hoxton 202, 204, 206, Conan,John E. 96 215, 217 Cons, Emma 115, 118, 119 Burger, Peter 131-2 Cooper, Daley 102 Burke, Kenneth 169 Court see Royal Court Theatre burlesque 37 Courtice, Thomas 124 Burnand, F. C. 137 Courtney, W. L. 161 Butler, Judith 5,91,108 Craig, Edith 170 Butt, Alfred 72-3 Craig, Edward Gordon 29, 132 Butt, Billie 87 Crauford Brothers 214-15 Crispi, Ida 70 Campbell, Herbert 24, 97 Critics' Circle 148, 163-4 Campbell, Mrs Patrick 188 critics and journalism 6-7, 148-64 Canada, male impersonators 91, 93 and audiences 154, 155, 157 Cannan, Gilbert 22 organizations 148 carnival 94—6 Critics' Circle 148, 163-4 Carter, Huntley 195 Society of Drama Critics 148, 150-63 Carton, R. C. 152, 160 critics omitted 161-2 Cash, Morny 76 role of 151, 153-61, 164 censorship 21 and suffrage movement 166-81 music hall sketches 69 West, Rebecca (q. v.) 185-98 and the suffrage movement 171 see other individuals by name and theatre societies 134-5 cross-dressing 5, 86—109 Chandler, Alfred 122, 123, 125 and dominant women 96-7, 101, 104 Chaplin, Charlie 70 female impersonators 96-9 Chart, Mrs Nye 117 and male chivalry 105-8 Chekhov, Anton 30, 192-3 male impersonators 86-95, Joo-2 Cheshire, David 104 and suffrage movement 104 Chevalier, Albert 76 Crump, Jeremy 65 chorus girls 3, 38-40 Cummings, Irving 233 Churchill, Sir Winston 180 Cunliffe, Whit 76, 80 cinema 127, 220, 227-9 Curzon, Frank 125 development of 221 economics of 8, 222, 234 Danby, Frank 97 melodrama 233-4 dance 72, 195-6 and music hall 67-8 music hall 78-9 musicals 3, 36 Dangerfield, George 185 and realism 222, 234 Dare, Cyrus 97 and stage actors 228-9 Dark, Sidney 148, 151-2, 159, 163 The Whip 8, 220-34 Davis, Jim x-xi, 3, 7-8, 201-17 and theatre 220-1 Davis, Tracy C. xi, 4, 5-6, n 1-27, 150 class Davison, Emily Wilding 169 matinee audiences 137, 138 Dawson, Marjorie 67 and musical comedy 44, 54 Denarber, Jeannette 79 clubs 113-14 de Selincourt, Hugh 173 theatre 133-5 Deslys, Gaby 72, 195-6 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-45375-2 - The Edwardian Theatre: Essays on Performance and the Stage Edited by Michael R. Booth, Joel H. Kaplan Index More information 238 Index Despard, Charlotte 168, 169 Emden, Harry 226, 227 Dietz, Toby 112 Emeljanow, Victor xi, 3, 6-7, 148-64, 169 Dillon, Charles 96 entrepreneurs, theatrical 116—17, 118, 122 Donohue, Joseph xi, 2-3, 9, 10-31 eroticism 15 Doughan, David 168 Ervine, St John 12-13 Drinkwater, A. E. 135 Euripides 141 Drury Lane 24, 25, 97, 222-3 European theatre 134, 142, 159, 160 Evans, Agnes 174 East, John 212 East End, London 7-8, 201-17 Faderman, Lillian 94, 108 Britannia Theatre 202, 204, 206, 215, Fairfield, Cicely see West, Rebecca 217 fantasy, in theatre 15, 23-7 demography 202-3 Farnum, William 229 melodrama 204, 208, 210-14 Farr, Florence 188 music hall 203-4, 215-17 Farren, Fred 70 Pavilion Theatre 202, 204, 205, 207-9, fashion, and musical comedy 37, 53 210, 217 Fawcett, Millicent Garrett 168 poverty myth 201-2 Fay brothers 13 Standard Theatre 202, 204, 207, 210-14, Feinman, Sigmund 205, 208 215-16, 217 Feldman & Company 68 theatres 202-3 female impersonators 96-9 Yiddish theatre 204, 205-10 Fern, Sable 100-1 East London Palace 209 Fillipi, Rosina 187 East London Theatre 202, 206 films see cinema Edward VII, King 9-10, 22, 140 firms, development of 122—3 Edwardes, George 3, 4, 37, 38, 39, 48, 52, Ford, Henry 96 J25 Foresters' Music Hall 216 Edwardian 'era' 1-2, 10-12, 150, 185-6 Formby, George, Sr 76, 77 Edwardian theatre 2-3, 12-31 Forster, E. M. 46 attendances 148-50 Forsyth, Lall 180 audiences 6, 130-46 Frame, W. F. 77 and avant-garde movement 130-3 The Freewoman 187, 197 and cinema: The Whip 8, 220-34 Freie Bhne 134 critics and journalism 6-7, 148-64 Frohman, Charles 23, 124 Rebecca West 185-98 Fyfe, Hamilton 148, 152, 163 and suffrage movement 166—81 development 12-14, 29, 132 Gaiety Girls 3, 39, 40 East End 7-8, 201-17 Gaiety Theatre 37-8 economics 222, 234 Galsworthy, John 12, 16, 19, 172, 189, 191 fantasy 15, 23-7 gambling 74 idealism 15, 19-20 Garber, Marjorie 91 leisure 16, 28-9 Gartner, Lloyd P. 210 management and organization 5-6, George V, King 4, 11, 66, 178 111-27 Gibbons, Walter 215-16 music hall 4-5, 61-82 Gilmer, Albert 124 cross-dressing 5, 86—109 'girls', musical comedy 3—4, 36—55 musical comedy 3, 36-8 and audiences 54 'girls' 3-4, 36-55 chorus girls 3, 38—40 Puritanism 15, 20-3 'knowingness' 48-9 realism 14-15, 16-19 and male characters 52 scenic design 226-7 'naughtiness' 45-8 Edwards-Minor, George 124-5 parasexuality 45-6 Effingham Theatre, Stepney 202, 206 prettiness 44~5 Elen, Gus 76 private lives 53 Ellis, Anthony 148, 152, 163, 205 public image 52-3, 54 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-45375-2 - The Edwardian Theatre: Essays on Performance and the Stage Edited by Michael R. Booth, Joel H. Kaplan Index More information Index 239 sex as commodity 50-2 Hroswitha of Gandersheim 170 shop girls 42-4 Huneker, James 22 working girls 40-5, 55 Hynes, Samuel 2, 11-12 Glover, Jimmy 226 Goldfaden, Abraham 208 Ibsen, Henrik 30, 157, 171-2, 187, 192 Gooch, G. B. n idealism, in theatre 15, 19-20 Gordin, Jacob 208 impresari 116-17, 118 Granville Barker, Harley Independent Theatre Society 134 Ann Leete 190 industry on Barrie 25, 26 firms 122-3 The Madras House 18, 172, 189-90 women in 117—18 on national theatre 20-1 Institute of Journalists 148, 152, 163-4 repertory enterprises 142-3, 144, 145 Ireland 29 Royal Court season 19, 29, 135-7, Irish National Theatre 19, 20 141-2, 150, 158 Irving, Ethel 118 and sex 22 Irving, Sir Henry 114, 124, 143, 150, 229 Shakespeare 174, 175-6 on theatrical art and audience 135-6, James, Henry 135 141-2, 145-6, 150 Jewish Operatic and Dramatic The Voysey Inheritance 18, 30, 172 Company 208-9 and Walkley 156 Jewish theatre 8, 204, 205-10 Waste 18, 23, 135 John, Gwen 188 West on 189-90, 193 Johnson, Jack 72 Gray, George 70 Jones, Henry Arthur 178 Green, Bruce 96 Jones, Marie 100 Grein, J.