Susan Glaspell

The late Susan Glaspell (1876–1948) was a leading modern American woman playwright. Linda Ben-Zvi is professor emerita at Tel Aviv University and Colorado State University in theatre and English. J. Ellen Gainor is professor of theatre and associate dean of the Graduate School at Cornell University.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

Editorial Note      viii

A Brief Biography     

A Critical Introduction     



Suppressed Desires     

Trifles     

Close the Book     

The People     

The Outside     

Woman’s Honor     

Tickless Time     

Bernice     

Free Laughter     

Chains of Dew     

Inheritors     

The Verge     

The Comic Artist     

Alison’s House     

Springs Eternal     



Appendix A: First Productions of the Plays     

Appendix B: Select Recent Professional Productions     

Select Bibliography     

Index