The Collected Letters of Ellen Terry, Vol. 6 1914-1928
- Submitting institution
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The University of Essex
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 2804
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- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781315477688
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2015
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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0
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- Additional information
- This volume is the sixth in an eight-volume set that collects for the first time the letters of Ellen Terry (1847-1928). Terry was the leading actor of her generation and internationally known for her Shakespearean performances as well as for her unconventional life off-stage.
The British Academy-funded research underpinning this project, carried out by the editor over a decade, has involved the identification, collection, dating, transcription (without silent correction) and interpretation of over 3,000 extant letters held in archives, libraries and private collections in the UK and US. Each volume provides for the first time original biographical and contextual notes for each letter, a chronology of Terry’s theatre activities for the period and a concise introductory essay that contextualises and highlights the original findings arising from the collection.
Volume Six consists of 221 letters written in the period 1914-26 and notably draws on two privately-owned collections (related to Blascheck and Weisse) and a major Ellen Terry archival deposit at the V&A (2010). Research for this volume establishes extensive details about the final stage of Terry’s life and career, her desire to retire but urgent need to continue working. New insights into experiences of the turbulent period of the First World War in rural Kent and international theatrical tours of Australia and New Zealand are provided. Extensive new insights into Terry’s later years demonstrate continued support from her husband, James Carew, and the tensions and rifts within the inner circle of stalwart friends and supporters. Terry’s career made the transition from theatre to music hall performances at the Coliseum and her characteristic embrace of new technology of film with her cameo role in a film starring Ivor Novello (1922).
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