LEADER 02607nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910453119603321 005 20210210002203.0 010 $a1-317-32094-8 010 $a1-84893-320-7 010 $a1-317-32095-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001260790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4015467 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2127338 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1510999 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1076050 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1076050 035 $a(OCoLC)851970358 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001260790 100 $a20130708d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aGwen Ffrangcon-Davies, twentieth-century actress$b[electronic resource] /$fby Helen Grime 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cPickering & Chatto$d2013 215 $aix, 255 p. $cill., ports 225 1 $aDramatic lives ;$vno. 3 311 $a1-84893-319-3 311 $a1-78144-361-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aGwen Ffrangcon-Davies is a paradox; a famous actress whose career spanned most of the twentieth century, she is now largely forgotten. Her personal story is a journey through a social and cultural landscape in which what it meant to be a woman, an actress and a lesbian shifted enormously. Drawing on material held in Ffrangcon-Davies's personal archive, Grime demonstrates how the career of Ffrangcon-Davies, on and off the stage, can be read against the grain of its apparent conventionality. This book reveals a skilled navigator of social and professional networks who excelled in playing with notions of identity and confounded society's expectations, finally defying all attempts at reductive categorization. 410 0$aDramatic lives ;$v3. 606 $aActors$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aTheater$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aActors 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 676 $a792.028092 700 $aGrime$b Helen$0863659 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453119603321 996 $aGwen Ffrangcon-Davies, twentieth-century actress$91927621 997 $aUNINA