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Regiment of Women is the debut novel of Winifred Ashton writing as Clemence Dane. First published in 1917, the novel has gained some notoriety due to its more or less veiled treatment of lesbian relationships inside and outside a school setting. It is said to have inspired Radclyffe Hall to write The Well of Loneliness.
Clemence Dane was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton. Clemence Dane (name for the London church, St Clement Danes) was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton, an English novelist and playwright (1888-1965). Between World Wars I and II, she was arguably Britain’s most successful all-round writer, with a unique place in literary, stage and cinematic history.
This feminist investigation of the works of Clemence Dane joins the growing body of research into the relationship of female-authored texts to the ideology and cultural hegemony of the Edwardian and inter-war period.
Jun 19, 2021 · Dane’s first evocation of Queen Elizabeth is in her play ‘Will Shakespeare: An Invention’ (Dane 1921).She had already written three novels and her first play ‘A Bill of Divorcement’ was a great success: after a run of 403 performances in London, Basil Dean’s production ran for 173 performances in New York with Katharine Cornell, Janet Beecher, Charles Waldron and Alan Pollock (Gale 2000).
Clemence Dane was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton. Clemence Dane (name for the London church, St Clement Danes) was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton, an English novelist and playwright (1888-1965). Between World Wars I and II, she was arguably Britain’s most successful all-round writer, with a unique place in literary, stage and cinematic history.
Jun 19, 2021 · Clemence Dane (Winifred Ashton) was a precursor of modern cross-media authorship. This chapter analyses how she honed her artistic versatility through the professional opportunities as a ...
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