The New Woman and Her Sisters : Feminism and Theatre 1850-1914 Book

	List of Figures
	Acknowledgements
	Notes on the Contributors
	A Select Chronology, 1850-1918
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Women Defined
1	The New Woman and the New Life	17
2	The Golden Girl	37
Pt. II	Women Dressing as Men
3	Princess Hamlet	59
4	Irrational Dress	77
Pt. III	Women Singing
5	The Voice of Freedom: Images of the prima donna	95
6	Yvette Guilbert: La Femme Moderne on the British stage	115
Pt. IV	Venturesome Women
7	Female Daredevils	137
8	The Adventuress: Lady Audley's Secret as novel, play and film	159
Pt. V	Women Writing Women
9	Drama as a trade: Cicely Hamilton's Diana of Dobson's	177
10	Typewriters Enchained: The work of Elizabeth Baker	189
Pt. VI	Women in Control
11	The 'New Woman' at Manchester's Gaiety Theatre	205
12	Entertaining Ideas: Edy Craig and the Pioneer Players	221
	Further Reading	234