British Theatre and the Great War, 1914–1919

Chapter 2 ‘This Unhappy Nation’: War on the Stage in 1914

Chapter 3 Reclaiming Shakespeare 1914–1918

Chapter 4 On the Edge of Town: Melodrama and Suburban Theatre in Brixton, 1915

Chapter 5 From Sex-war to Factory Floor: Theatrical Depictions of Women’s Work during the First World War

Chapter 6 Edith Craig and the Pioneer Players: London’s International Art Theatre in a ‘Khaki-clad and Khaki-minded World’

Chapter 7 ‘A Sweet Tribute to Her Memory’: War-time Edith Cavell Plays and Films

Chapter 8 The Theatre of the Flappers?: Gender, Spectatorship and the ‘Womanisation’ of Theatre 1914–1918

Chapter 9 The Epitome of National Life: Metropolitan Music Hall and Variety Theatre, 1913–1919

Chapter 10 British Cinema, Regulation and the War Effort, 1914–1918

Chapter 11 A City’s Toys: Theatre in Birmingham 1914–1918

Chapter 12 Entertaining the Anzacs: Performances for Australian and New Zealand Troops on Leave in London, 1916–1919

Chapter 13 Lena Ashwell: Touring Concert Parties and Arts Advocacy, 1914–1919

Chapter 14 Palliative Pantomimes: Entertainments in Prisoner-of-War Camps