Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction | The Stand-and-Deliver Business, 1880–1920
Part 1. Charity and the West End Theatre Industry
Chapter 1. The Most Charitable of Professions
Chapter 2. “Help from the Theatres” | The Theatre Industry and the Fund-Raising Matinee
Part 2. Public Charity Events
Chapter 3. Audacious, Sparkling, and Sprightly Swindling | Actresses and the Charity Bazaar
Chapter 4. Staging Wonderlands | Charity Costume Balls
Chapter 5. Shoulder Rubbing with Celebrities | Theatrical Tea Parties and Garden Parties
Part 3. The Stage and War
Chapter 6. “Killing Kruger with Your Mouth” | The Actress, Charity Recitations, and the Second Anglo Boer War
Chapter 7. The “Comforteers” | Actresses and Charity Activity during the First World War
Conclusion | “Get an Actress First. If You Can’t Get an Actress Then Get a Duchess.”
Notes
Bibliography
Index