Gagging for it : irony, innuendo and the politics of subversion in women's comic performance on the post-1880 London music-hall stage and its resonance in contemporary practice
This thesis focuses on women performing comedy on the London music-hall stage after 1880, examining performers including Bessie Bellwood, Marie Lloyd, Marie Loftus, Maidie Scott, Vesta Victoria and Nellie Wallace. The work of these women as comedy has been neglected in theatre and performance histor...
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Middlesex University
2018
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.736617 |