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American Women Playwrights, 1900-1930
The first three decades of the twentieth century saw the New Woman writing an astonishing array of dramatic presentations. This checklist, gleaned from hundreds of library collections and out-of-print anthologies, reveals over 12,000 plays by perhaps 2,000 American women. Some of these works are well known, most are not; some are of enduring literary quality, probably most are not; but all are of social significance and serve to document women's history of the period. Included in a broad definition of play, are dramas and comedies, musicals, farces, monologues and dialogues, pageants and masques, stunts and exercises, operas and cantatas. In addition to adult drama, there are numerous plays ...
The Girl Up-stairs
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The Suffragettes' Convention
"The 'entertainment' makes fun of the various stereotypes associated with woman suffrage, whether pro or con ... and the entertainment also is an excellent example of the kind of play intended for local theater and acting groups"--Bookdealer description
