Women Writers of the Provincetown Players: A Collection of Short WorksJudith E. Barlow 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Introduction to Winters Night | 25 |
Winters Night | 33 |
Introduction to The Game | 47 |
The Game | 53 |
Introduction to The Slave with Two Faces | 65 |
MARY CAROLYN DAVIES The Slave with Two Traces | 71 |
Introduction to The RibPerson | 89 |
Introduction to The Baby Carriage | 201 |
The Baby Carriage | 205 |
Introduction to The Squealer | 231 |
The Sqealer | 233 |
Introduction to Aria da Capo | 253 |
EDNA ST VINCENT MILLAY Aria de Capo | 261 |
Introduction to The Eldest | 283 |
The Eldest | 287 |
The RibPerson | 95 |
Introduction to Womans Honor | 123 |
Womans Honor | 131 |
Introduction to The Rescue | 155 |
The Rescue | 159 |
Introduction to The Widows Veil | 181 |
The Widows Veil | 185 |
Introduction to Kurzy of the Sea | 303 |
Kurzy of the Sea | 309 |
Introduction to The Horrors of War | 321 |
The Horrors of War | 327 |
Selected Bibliography | 357 |
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