Title New women dramatists in America, 1890-1920 / Sherry D. Engle

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations Contents The proliferation of women dramatists during America?s Progressive Era * Dean of women dramatists, Martha Morton, 1865-1925 : Plays of Martha Morton * English-American Success, Madeleine Lucette Ryley, 1858-1934 * Plays of Madeleine Lucette Ryley * Collaborators extraordinaire, Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, 1855-1908, and Beulah Marie Dix, 1875-1970: Plays of Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland and Beulah Marie Dix 1875-1970: Plays of Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland and Beulah Marie Dix * Dramatist, songwriter, and lyricist, Rida Johnson Young, 1875-1926: Plays and musicals of Rida Johnson Young * Early feminists: setting examples for future generations Summary This study reveals in depth the lives and work of five little-known women dramatists: Martha Morton, 1865-1925, Madeleine Lucette Ryley, 1858-1934, Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, 1855-1908, Beulah Marie Dix, 1876-1970, and Rida Johnson Young, 1875-1926. Entering playwriting at a time when very few women wrote for the stage, these pioneers achieved thriving careers and entertained theatergoers throughout the United States and Great Britain with their wholesome, light comedies, farces and musicals. Their collective experience as professional dramatists reveals trends of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century theatre practices and their accomplishments in a male-dominated profession serve to underscore hitherto unacknowledged contributions to America's Progressive Era theatre Notes A study of the lives and accomplishments of five women dramatists of the Progressive Era: Martha Morton, Madeleine Lucette Ryley, Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, Beulah Marie Dix, and Rida Johnson Young Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Women dramatists, American -- Biography American drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Literary studies: general. DRAMA -- American. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. Literature. American drama -- Women authors Women and literature Women dramatists, American United States Genre/Form Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230609365 0230609368 1281915335 9781281915337 9781349534432 1349534439

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