Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Social life (a little bit off topic but 20s lesbians)

So looking through the events at the Kings' Head Theatre I came across a play about Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney.
https://kingsheadtheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873541227/events?TSLVq=96150ec4-f11b-4130-883c-f2dd957283b7&TSLVp=0b79e0c9-9f97-4027-a953-f29a1a9032a1&TSLVts=1444832495&TSLVc=ticketsolve&TSLVe=kingsheadtheatre&TSLVrt=Safetynet&TSLVh=1c32ec7f6469a41d4be706ff58f99ded

Which sounded intriguing.

The two have an amusing video that can be watched here http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-stars-off-stage-miss-norah-blaney-and-miss-gwe

There are a couple blogs about Gwen
https://elvirabarney.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/gwen-farrar/

http://footlightnotes.tumblr.com/post/55400116649/gwen-farrar-1899-1944-english-duettist

It seems like she was good friends with Tallulah Bankhead in 1924 so it seems quite likely that she would have crossed paths with Beatrix if she was still hanging out in the same circles a year later.

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