A cofounder of the Provincetown Players and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) was one of the first female playwrights. Although long neglected, the four plays collected in this critical edition reveal the thoroughly modern nature of her concerns. Trifles (1916) develops a feminist critique of social role, while The Outside (1917) stages a debate between the life force and a perverse celebration of death. In The Verge (1921), Glaspell presented an experimental work of considerable proportions, more daring in many ways than anything attempted by O'Neill. And...
A cofounder of the Provincetown Players and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) was one of the first female playwrights. ...
Ruth Holland, bored with her life at home, falls in love with a married man and runs off with him. When she comes back more than a decade later we are shown how her actions have affected those around her.
Ruth Holland, bored with her life at home, falls in love with a married man and runs off with him. When she comes back more than a decade later we are...
Susan Glaspell was an American novelist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her plays. Her writing is known for developing sympathetic characters and understanding the complexities of life. Her interest in philosophy and religion is seen in her works. The four plays in this collection are; The Outside, Trifles, The Verge and Inheritors.
Susan Glaspell was an American novelist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her plays. Her writing is known for developing sympathetic characters and underst...
