Writing and Publications
Forthcoming:
Plays and performance texts by women volume II
co-edited with Maggie B. Gale. (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2025)
Published:
The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism in Contemporary Theatre
co-edited with Adrian Curtin, Nicholas Johnson and Claire Warden. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2023)
Stage Rights! The Actresses' Franchise League, activism and politics: 1908-1958
(Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020)
The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays: Taking the Stage
(London: Bloomsbury, 2018)
The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays
(London: Bloomsbury, 2013)
Plays and performance texts by women volume II
co-edited with Maggie B. Gale. (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2025)
Published:
The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism in Contemporary Theatre
co-edited with Adrian Curtin, Nicholas Johnson and Claire Warden. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2023)
Stage Rights! The Actresses' Franchise League, activism and politics: 1908-1958
(Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020)
The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays: Taking the Stage
(London: Bloomsbury, 2018)
The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays
(London: Bloomsbury, 2013)
Published:
2025. 'Suffrage on the Edwardian Stage'
in The Routledge Companion to British Women's Suffrage. ed. Krista Cowman (London: Routledge)
2024. '"When you want a thing done, get a man to do it!" Necessary strategies of presence and absence in suffrage theatre and performance"
in Women Experimenting in Theatre. eds. Kate Aughterson and Deborah Philips (London: Palgrave Macmillan)
2023. ‘”Your Great Adventure is to report her faithfully”: the centring of women’s voices and stories in suffrage theatre’
in the Routledge Companion to Literature and Feminism. eds. Rachell Carroll and Fiona Tolan. (London: Routledge)
2023. 'Reaching Out in Both Directions: Suffrage Theatre in the Twenty-First Century'
in The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism in Contemporary Theatre, co-edited with Adrian Curtin, Nicholas Johnson and Claire Warden (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press)
2021. 'Early Stage Pioneers'
in 50 Women in Theatre. (Richmond: Aurora Metro)
2021. '"Will you, won't you, will you, won't you join the Suffrage Dance?" Reframing Alice in Wonderland for Edwardian activists'
in Women's Suffrage in Word, Image, Music and Drama; The Making of a Movement. eds. Christopher Riley and Lucy Ella Rose. (London: Routledge)
2019. ‘Very much alive and kicking: the Actresses’ Franchise League from 1914-1928’
in Stage Women: Female Theatre Workers, Professional Practice and Agency in the Early 20th Century. eds. Maggie B. Gale and Kate Dorney. (Manchester University Press)
2019. 'Suffragette Judy: Punch and Judy at Suffrage Fairs and Exhibitions in Edwardian London'
in Women and Puppetry: Critical and Historical Investigations. eds. Alissa Mello, Claudia Orenstein, and Cariad Astles. (London: Routledge)
2018. 'Making an Entrance: Actresses and Parliament in the 20th Century '
in Amending Speech: Women's Voices in Parliament. eds. Maggie Inchley and John Vice. (London: House of Lords Hansard)
2018. ‘Vera Holme’ and ‘Elsie Howey’
in The Women Who Built Bristol. ed. Jane Duffus. (Bristol: Tangent Books)
2015. ‘Cicely Hamilton’
inThe What The Frock book of funny women. ed. Jane Duffus. (Somerset: BCF Books)
2025. 'Suffrage on the Edwardian Stage'
in The Routledge Companion to British Women's Suffrage. ed. Krista Cowman (London: Routledge)
2024. '"When you want a thing done, get a man to do it!" Necessary strategies of presence and absence in suffrage theatre and performance"
in Women Experimenting in Theatre. eds. Kate Aughterson and Deborah Philips (London: Palgrave Macmillan)
2023. ‘”Your Great Adventure is to report her faithfully”: the centring of women’s voices and stories in suffrage theatre’
in the Routledge Companion to Literature and Feminism. eds. Rachell Carroll and Fiona Tolan. (London: Routledge)
2023. 'Reaching Out in Both Directions: Suffrage Theatre in the Twenty-First Century'
in The Edinburgh Companion to Modernism in Contemporary Theatre, co-edited with Adrian Curtin, Nicholas Johnson and Claire Warden (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press)
2021. 'Early Stage Pioneers'
in 50 Women in Theatre. (Richmond: Aurora Metro)
2021. '"Will you, won't you, will you, won't you join the Suffrage Dance?" Reframing Alice in Wonderland for Edwardian activists'
in Women's Suffrage in Word, Image, Music and Drama; The Making of a Movement. eds. Christopher Riley and Lucy Ella Rose. (London: Routledge)
2019. ‘Very much alive and kicking: the Actresses’ Franchise League from 1914-1928’
in Stage Women: Female Theatre Workers, Professional Practice and Agency in the Early 20th Century. eds. Maggie B. Gale and Kate Dorney. (Manchester University Press)
2019. 'Suffragette Judy: Punch and Judy at Suffrage Fairs and Exhibitions in Edwardian London'
in Women and Puppetry: Critical and Historical Investigations. eds. Alissa Mello, Claudia Orenstein, and Cariad Astles. (London: Routledge)
2018. 'Making an Entrance: Actresses and Parliament in the 20th Century '
in Amending Speech: Women's Voices in Parliament. eds. Maggie Inchley and John Vice. (London: House of Lords Hansard)
2018. ‘Vera Holme’ and ‘Elsie Howey’
in The Women Who Built Bristol. ed. Jane Duffus. (Bristol: Tangent Books)
2015. ‘Cicely Hamilton’
inThe What The Frock book of funny women. ed. Jane Duffus. (Somerset: BCF Books)
2019. How the magician's assistant creates the illusion for Wellcome Collection
2018. A century on from the first female MP... for Times Red Box
2018. 'Still Marching, Still Inspiring, Still Campaigning' for Google Arts and Culture Road to Equality project
2018. 'Beatrice Wright' for Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press
2018. 'New Opportunities,' 'The 1917 Deputation to Lloyd George', and 'The Vote for Some' in What Difference Did the War Make? World War One and Votes for Women. Vote 100 project, UK Parliament.
2017. ‘Actresses’ Franchise League’ for Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press
2017. ‘Inez Bensusan’ for Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press
2017. ‘Recoveries: Cicely Hamilton and Christopher St John – ‘How The Vote Was Won” for Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism, Spokesman Books
2017. 'What was the Suffrage Movement?' for Trusted Source, Oxford University and The National Trust
Naomi is an interviewee in Michael Twaits' book The Art of Drag: a practical performers' handbook (Routledge, 2025)
Naomi is an interviewee in Gwenno Dafydd's book about female comics Stand Up & Sock It to Them Sister (Parthian Books, 2016)
Naomi's blog is on this website, and she has also blogged for Poor Theatres, the Society of Theatre Research New Researchers Network, Talking Humanities, UK Parliament Vote 100, and the Being Human Festival.
She has written theatre reviews for websites including The F Word and The LGBTQ Arts Review.