American Women Theatre Critics

Alma J. Bennett is retired from the theatre department at Alderson-Broaddus College, where she taught all theatre courses and designed and directed all theatre productions. Her articles and reviews have appeared in Popular Culture Review, ATQ and Journal of Popular Culture. She received her Ph.D from the School of Theatre, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

Preface     

Introduction     



18th-Century Critics

1. Charlotte Ramsey Lennox [1720–1804]     

2. Judith Sargent Murray [1751–1820]     



19th-Century Critics

3. Kate Field [1838–1896]     

4. Olive Logan [1839–1909]     

5. Mildred Aldrich [1853–1928]     

6. Dorothy Lundt [1855–1908] and Emma V. Sheridan [1864–1936]     

7. Amy Leslie [1855–1939]     

8. Lucy Monroe [1865–1950]     



20th-Century Critics

9. Ada Patterson [1867–1939]     

10. Annie Nathan Meyer [1867–1951]     

11. Dorothy Rothschild Parker [1898–1967]     



Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index