Although long neglected, the four plays collected in this critical edition reveal the thoroughly modern nature of her concerns.
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.
Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 - July 27, 1948) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actress, director, novelist, biographer and poet.
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.
With her husband George Cram Cook she founded the Provincetown Players, the first modern American theatre company.Glaspell is known to have composed nine novels, fifteen plays, over fifty short stories, and one biography, often set in her ...
Graf Leo Tolstoy. First Distiller, a short and unimportant piece dealing with the effects of drink. The most interesting, not dramatically but psychologically, of the three is The Light Shines in Darkness, which was left in an ...
His major plays are frequently revived in modern productions. This edition includes On the High Road, The Proposal, The Wedding, The Bear, A Tragedian in Spite of Himself, The Anniversary, The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.
the play was spread over the months of March to October 1903 , and the commentary on its progress provided by Chekhov's correspondence is especially full . The play was altered and re - copied several times , but there was one point on ...
About the Book The early 20th century, prior to the Russian Revolution, was Russia's Silver Age of Drama, adding to the stock of plays that existed previously.
About the Book The early 20th century, prior to the Russian Revolution, was Russia's Silver Age of Drama, adding to the stock of plays that existed previously.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Plays: The Romans in Britain. Thirteenth Night. The Genius. Bloody Poetry. Greenland
Reproduction of the original.
Plays
Cloud nine: Relationshiops-- between women and men, men and men, women and women. It is about sex, work, mothers, Africa, power, children, grandmothers, politics, money, Queen Victoria, and sex.
Annotation "The finest American playwright of his generation" (Sunday Times) Reunion shows the meeting between a father and daughter after nearly twenty years of separation: "It would be hard to...
In this edition Peter Carson's moving translations convey Chekhov's subtle blend of comedy, tragedy and psychological insight, while Richard Gilman's introduction examines how Chekhov broke with theatrical conventions and discusses each ...
Chekhov revolutionised world literature influencing generations of playwrights, screenwriters and actors. George Bernard Shaw described Chekhov's work as a fantasia in the Russian manner on English themes.
On the high road -- The proposal -- The wedding -- The bear -- A tragedian in spite of himself -- The anniversary -- The three sisters -- The cherry orchard.
Examines Fassbinder's theory of drama and gathers six of his controversial plays about murders, vampires, exploitation, and city life