Margaret D. Bauer reintroduces one of Paul Green's best plays, The House of Connelly, the first play performed (on Broadway, in 1931) by the renowned Group Theatre of New York. In so doing, Bauer also perhaps reintroduces the playwright himself, famous and well respected in his day, but largely forgotten today, except for his outdoor symphonic drama The Lost Colony, which continues to be performed every summer in Manteo, North Carolina. Green's The House of Connelly is a more traditional drama, comparable to the writing of Tennessee Williams, and Bauer asserts that this play is as good as...
Margaret D. Bauer reintroduces one of Paul Green's best plays, The House of Connelly, the first play performed (on Broadway, in 1931) by the renowned ...