Theatre, masculinity, and class in the first world war: Vivian Gilbert performs the last crusade

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Abstract

Having fought in Palestine in WWI, the British actor Vivian Gilbert went on to narrate his wartime experiences-first in a series of lectures, then in a best-selling book. Rooted in his thespian career, Gilbert's self-fashioning as an officer/crusader builds on an array of performances-on and off the stage-which reflect gender and class anxieties, typical of WWI British culture.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-71
Number of pages21
JournalTDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies
Volume58
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts
  • Literature and Literary Theory

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