Women Writers of the Provincetown Players: A Collection of Short Works (Excelsior Editions),New

Women Writers of the Provincetown Players: A Collection of Short Works (Excelsior Editions),New

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Thirteen short plays by women that were originally produced by the Provincetown Players.Women Writers of the Provincetown Players features thirteen short plays written by women and performed by Americas most influential early twentiethcentury noncommercial theater, the Provincetown Players. From their beginnings on Cape Cod in 1915 to their disbanding in New York City in 1922, the Players staged nearly one hundred dramas, roughly a third of which were composed by women, and in the process changed American drama and theater forever. Dedicated to fostering new work by Americans, the group attracted an impressive collection of talented writers, and among its offerings were some of the first modernist plays written in the United States.Chosen for both their artistic merit and their cultural importance, the plays included here range from naturalistic tragedies to poetic allegories to witty satires, and together they provide a valuable look at womens concerns during a period of intense civil rights activity just prior to the granting of female suffrage. In addition to works by wellknown writers like Susan Glaspell, Djuna Barnes, and Edna St. Vincent Millay, the book also includes works by such significant but lesserknown figures as Neith Boyce, Louise Bryant, Rita McCann Wellman, and Alice Rostetter, as well as criticalbiographical prefaces to each play and an introduction that explains the importance of these plays and the role of early twentiethcentury women playwrights in American theater history.Barlows collection introduces readers to fascinating plays from a rich and important historical era. J. Ellen Gainor, author of Susan Glaspell in Context: American Theater, Culture, and Politics, 191548These are plays that we have been reading about for years; it is exciting to experience the actual texts and make ones own judgment. Carol DeBoerLangworthy, editor of The Modern World of Neith Boyce: Autobiography and Diaries

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