02607nam 2200553 a 450 991045311960332120210210002203.01-317-32094-81-84893-320-71-317-32095-6(CKB)2550000001260790(MiAaPQ)EBC4015467(MiAaPQ)EBC2127338(MiAaPQ)EBC1510999(MiAaPQ)EBC1076050(Au-PeEL)EBL1076050(OCoLC)851970358(EXLCZ)99255000000126079020130708d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierGwen Ffrangcon-Davies, twentieth-century actress[electronic resource] /by Helen Grime1st ed.London Pickering & Chatto2013ix, 255 p. ill., portsDramatic lives ;no. 31-84893-319-3 1-78144-361-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Stories and Myths -- 2. Actresses and Femininity -- 3. Sexuality and Discretion -- 4. Archetypes and Epithets -- 5. Industry and Diversity -- 6. Pioneer and Purpose -- 7. Associations and Ambition -- 8. Resurrection and Legacy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies is a paradox; a famous actress whose career spanned most of the twentieth century, she is now largely forgotten. Her personal story is a journey through a social and cultural landscape in which what it meant to be a woman, an actress and a lesbian shifted enormously. Drawing on material held in Ffrangcon-Davies's personal archive, Grime demonstrates how the career of Ffrangcon-Davies, on and off the stage, can be read against the grain of its apparent conventionality. This book reveals a skilled navigator of social and professional networks who excelled in playing with notions of identity and confounded society's expectations, finally defying all attempts at reductive categorization.Dramatic lives ;3.ActorsGreat BritainBiographyTheaterHistory20th centuryElectronic books.ActorsTheaterHistory792.028092Grime Helen863659MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453119603321Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, twentieth-century actress1927621UNINA