TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barlow,Judith E.
TI  - Plays by American women: the early years 
SN  - 0380766205
AV  - PS628.W6 P59 1981
PY  - 1981///]
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Avon Books
KW  - American drama
KW  - Women authors
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
N1  - "A Bard book."; Bibliography: pages 331-334; Fashion; / Anna Cora Mowatt; -- A man's world; / Rachel Crothers; -- Trifles; / Susan Glaspell; -- Miss Lulu Bett; / Zona Gale; -- Machinal; / Sophie Treadwell
N2  - "Women writing for the stage today are the heirs of a neglected but not negligible tradition. This anthology brings together for the first time five of the best plays written by America's 'forgotten' women playwrights before 1930. Fasion is a social comedy that brilliantly satirizes the status-hungry nouveau riche of urban America; A Man's World examines the working woman's domain and the injustice of the double standard; Trifles is a perfectly constructed short play about a woman accused of murdering her husband; Miss Lulu Bett, the first play by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, is about a single woman who becomes virtually enslaved by her family; and Machinal portrays a young woman trapped in a materialistic machine age. This outstanding collection of plays explores the choices and changes that have challenged women for generations--through five fresh, timeless voices."--Back cover
ER  -