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This book presents an analysis of the many plays written by women in the American theatre in the first half of the century. Such playwrights as Rachel Crothers, Zona Gale, Susan Glaspell, Edna Ferber, and Lillian Hellman were popular and successful contributors to the stage. Many of their plays won such awards as the Pulitzer Prize, the Drama Critics Circle Award, and Tony Awards.
The plays are discussed in terms of their popular and critical value and placed within the historical and social background of the period. In this time of intense change for women in American society, the plays reflect the new demands for freedom, careers, the right to vote, equality with men, and the right to intellectual development. Shafer calls attention to many fine plays which deserve production today.
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History and criticism, American drama, United States, Women authors, Women and literature, History, Women in literature, Toneelschrijvers, Vrouwelijke auteurs, Dramatikerin, Frauendrama, Biographie, American drama, history and criticism, 20th century, American drama, women authorsPlaces
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American women playwrights, 1900-1950
1995, Peter Lang, Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
in English
0820421421 9780820421421
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-527) and index.
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