(Ebook) Women Writers of the Provincetown Players A Collection of Short Works 1st edition by Judith Barlow 1438427891 9781438427898

(Ebook) Women Writers of the Provincetown Players A Collection of Short Works 1st edition by Judith Barlow 1438427891 9781438427898

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ISBN-10 :  1438427891 

ISBN-13 :  9781438427898

Author:  Judith E. Barlow 

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 America's most influential early twentieth-century 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 women's concerns during a period of intense civil rights activity just prior to the granting of female suffrage. In addition to works by well-known writers like Susan Glaspell, Djuna Barnes, and Edna St. Vincent Millay, the book also includes works by such significant but lesser-known figures as Neith Boyce, Louise Bryant, Rita McCann Wellman, and Alice Rostetter, as well as critical-biographical prefaces to each play and an introduction that explains the importance of these plays and the role of early twentieth-century women playwrights in American theater history.

Women Writers of the Provincetown Players: A Collection of Short Works 1st table of contents:

1. Introduction to Winter’s Night
   Neith Boyce, Winter’s Night: A Play
2. Introduction to The Game
   Louise Bryant, The Game
3. Introduction to The Slave with Two Faces
   Mary Carolyn Davies, The Slave with Two Faces
4. Introduction to The Rib-Person
   Rita Wellman, The Rib-Person
   Introduction to Woman’s Honor
   Susan Glaspell, Woman’s Honor
5. Introduction to The Rescue
   Rita Creighton Smith, The Rescue
   Introduction to The Widow’s Veil
   Alice l. Rostetter, The Widow’s Veil
6. Introduction to The Baby Carriage
   Bosworth Crocker, The Baby Carriage
   Introduction to The Squealer
   Mary Foster Barber, The Squealer: Play in one act
7. Introduction to Aria da Capo
   Edna St. Vincent Millay, Aria da Capo: A play in one act
   Introduction to The Eldest
   Edna Ferber, The Eldest
8. Introduction to Kurzy of the Sea
   Djuna Barnes, Kurzy of the Sea
   Appendix: Introduction to The Horrors of War
   Rita Leo, The Horrors of War: A Comedy

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