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Susan Glaspell

Glaspell and Cook's time away from theatrical squabbles

About Susan Glaspell

  • settled in Delphi, on the slopes of Mt. Parnassus
  • became engrossed in an archiac lifestyle which inspired Glaspell's greatest novels
  • Glaspell returned to the U.S. in 1924 after Cook's death in Greece, and settled in Provincetown where she wrote "Brook Evans" (1928) and "Fugitive's Return" (1929)
  • In 1931 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her play Allison's House

Provinceton Players(1916-1922)

  • Glaspell was the co-founder along with her husband Cook
  • Produced American Playwrights
  • 11 innovative plays
  • Trifles(1916)
  • Inheritors(1921)
  • Woman's honor(1918)
  • Suppressed desires(1915)
  • The Verge(1921)
  • Married George Cram Cook in 1914
  • They settled in Greenwich Village where rent was cheap.
  • At cook's instigation Glaspell began writing plays and published her third and most successful novel "Fidelity" in 1915
  • Glaspell was the co-founder with her husband George of the Provinceton Player's in 1916.
  • They were dedicated to producing innovative plays by American playwrights and opposing the artistic compromises required by commercially successfull theater

Greatest Works

  • First story "For Love of the Hills" - recieived the Black cat prize in 1904
  • First novel "The Glory of the conquered"- (1909) followed by "The Visioning" in 1911

About Susan Glaspell

  • Born in Davenport, Iowa on July 1st, 1876.
  • She attended Drake University in Des Moines and graduated in June of 1899.
  • After graduating, Susan worked as a reporter for Des Moines Daily News.
  • She gave it up in 1901 and returned to Davenport to write.
  • Glaspell wrote over 50 short stories, nine novels, fourteen plays, and one biography
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