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Pioneras en escena : el Pioneer Club y el teatro británico de la década de 1890

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espanolLas artes escenicas fueron un ingrediente esencial en la actividad de los clubes femeninos de Londres a partir de la decada de 1890, que contribuyo a la renovacion del teatro britanico del cambio de siglo. Sin embargo, su presencia en estos espacios ha sido sistematicamente olvidada por la historia teatral del periodo. El objetivo de este articulo es trazar un mapeo de su influencia desde una triple perspectiva: ludico-formativa; como promotor de dramaturgas con escasa visibilidad en los circulos mas comerciales, y de renovacion escenica. Para esta ultima, acudimos al estudio de caso del Pioneer Club que, como concluiremos, nutrio el discurso progresista de los ibsenitas y movimientos de teatro independiente que contribuyeron a la renovacion del teatro britanico de entre siglos. EnglishWomen’s clubs of the 1890s heavily relied on the performing arts for the dissemination of their ideas and contributed to the cultural texture which promoted the birth of the New Drama. This is a history which, nonetheless, has been systematically erased from the map of entertainment of the period. The aim of this article, therefore, is to bring to light the presence of drama in London’s Women’s Clubs of the late nineteenth century from a threefold perspective: as centers for entertainment and education, as cultural spaces to promote unknown female playwrights, and as sites for ideological contestation. For the latter, I shall rely on the Pioneer Club to prove how it nurtured the progressive narrative of the Ibsenites and movements of independent theatre that will encourage the flourishing of a New Drama by the turn of the century.