"Present in the Drama": The Literary Drama of Augusta Webster

Authors

  • Patricia Rigg

Keywords:

Augusta Webster, drama, feminism, theatre, theater, suffrage movement, Victorian period, gender

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Rigg, P. (2020). "Present in the Drama": The Literary Drama of Augusta Webster. Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, 10(1), 110-127. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/AJVS/article/view/13915