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