The Many Masks of Clemence Dane

Abstract

Clemence Dane (1888–1965), born Winifred Ashton, was one of the most prolific British women playwrights, screenwriters and novelists of her generation. 1 Frequently mentioned in the recent centenary celebrations of Noël Coward’s life and work, she was one of his inner circle of friends, but her own celebrity has been persistently downplayed. Dane never worked under her real name, but achieved extraordinary success in both theatre and film, and demonstrated a remarkable talent to reinvent her public image at various points in her career. She was awarded the CBE in 1953, moved among the leading theatrical and film stars of the day and showed a rare versatility as a writer and public speaker; it is therefore very odd that she figures so little in twentieth-century theatre history. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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