Plays
Unknown · 1920
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Description
Susan Glaspell collected her plays in this volume, published at Boston in 1920. The contents hold Trifles, The People, Close the Book, The Outside, Woman's Honor, Bernice, and two comedies written with George Cram Cook, Suppressed Desires and Tickless Time. Trifles leads, first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in August 1916. Glaspell herself played the sheriff's wife in that first cast.
The scene of Trifles is the kitchen of an abandoned farmhouse, where a man has been murdered and his wife accused. The men hunt for clues while the women, unnoticed, read the room. Glaspell co-founded the Provincetown company that launched American modern drama. This volume is its record in her hand: small plays, perfect of their kind.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1920 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 297 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |