This five-week course explores the 1940s' diverse cultural landscape, focusing on music, entertainment, and societal shifts during and after World War II. Students will examine European music under Nazi occupation, the escapism of wartime entertainment, and the jazz revolution. The course also covers British musical resilience, post-war changes, and the...
This five-week course explores the 1940s' diverse cultural landscape, focusing on music, entertainment, and societal shifts during and after World War II. Students will examine European music under Nazi occupation, the escapism of wartime entertainment, and the jazz revolution. The course also covers British musical resilience, post-war changes, and the impact of the Blitz. Beyond music, it explores the Empire's...
FLORENCE FARR: ‘THE NEW WOMAN’ Actor, writer and director Florence Farr was a renaissance woman of the 1890s. An intimate of George Bernard Shaw, who called her ‘The New Woman’, and WB Yeats, she was a feminist who led by example. She also was a priestess of The Golden Dawn, a...
FLORENCE FARR: ‘THE NEW WOMAN’ Actor, writer and director Florence Farr was a renaissance woman of the 1890s. An intimate of George Bernard Shaw, who called her ‘The New Woman’, and WB Yeats, she was a feminist who led by example. She also was a priestess of The Golden Dawn, a secret society whose members included Yeats, Shaw and theatre impresario...
