Theatre and Fashion : Oscar Wilde to the Suffragettes

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Examining such diverse topics as the emergence of the society playhouse, fashion journalism, the role of the couturier-costumier, department store marketing, and the establishment of 'dress codes' by militant suffragettes, Kaplan and Stowell provide a new context for assessing plays by established writers including Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, Arthur Pinero and Harley Granville Barker.