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The Women of Provincetown, 1915-1922 (Paperback)
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The Women of Provincetown, 1915-1922 (Paperback)
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Black examines the roles a remarkable group of women played in one
of the most influential theatre groups in America, demonstrating
their influence on 20th-century dramaturgy and culture. Perhaps
most notable for its discovery of two significant American
playwrights--Eugene O'Neill and Susan Glaspell--and for its role in
developing an American tradition of non-commercial theatre, the
Provincetown Players collective has long been appreciated for its
meaningful contributions to American drama. An outgrowth of the
Greenwich Village community of politically minded artists and
intellectuals, the group became convinced that theatre was
essential to America's spiritual and social regeneration. The
company ultimately produced nearly 100 plays by more than 50
American writers. In this thoroughly engaging work, Cheryl Black
argues that Provincetown has another, largely unacknowledged claim
to fame: it was one of the first theatre companies in America in
which women achieved prominence in every area of operation. At a
time when women playwrights were rare, women directors rarer, and
women scenic designers unheard of, Provincetown's female members
excelled in all these functions, making significant contributions
to the development of modern American drama and theatre. In
addition to playwright Glaspell, the company's female membership
included the likes of poets Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mina Loy, and
Djuna Barnes; journalists Louise Bryant and Mary Heaton Vorce;
novelists Neith Boyce and Evelyn Scott; and painter Marguerite
Zorach. A solidly researched and engagingly written piece of social
history, this book offers new insight into the relationship between
gender and theatre and will attract a broad readership, including
students and scholars of theatre, women's studies, feminism, and
American Studies, and members of the general public interested in
any of these issues.
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