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Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. With her husband George Cram Cook, she founded the Provincetown Players, [1] the first modern American theatre company. [2]
Jun 27, 2024 · Susan Glaspell (born July 1, 1876, Davenport, Iowa, U.S.—died July 27, 1948, Provincetown, Mass.) was an American dramatist and novelist who, with her husband, George Cram Cook, founded the influential Provincetown Players in 1915.
To most readers Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) is still known primarily as the author of Trifles, the frequently anthologized classic feminist play about two women’s secret discovery of a wife’s murder of her husband, or the short-story “A Jury of Her Peers,” a re-writing of that piece.
Jul 6, 2019 · Susan Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright and fiction writer. Glaspell and her husband George Cram Cook founded the Provincetown Players, considered the first modern American theater company.
Born July 1, 1876, in Davenport, Iowa, Susan Glaspell published news articles and short stories even before entering Drake University, from which she received a degree in philosophy. Over the course of her career, she wrote more than fifty short stories, nine novels, fourteen plays, and a biography of her husband, George Cram (Jig) Cook.
Nov 1, 2019 · Susan Glaspell was the playwright famous for plays with feminist themes, such as "Trifles." Learn about her life and career with this brief biography.
Susan Glaspell (1876 - 1948) co-founded the first modern American theater company, the Provincetown Players, and was a Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, actress, novelist, and journalist. Most of her nine novels, fourteen plays and over fifty short stories are set in Iowa, where she was raised.
A Profile of Susan Glaspell. By Laurie Paravati Phillips. Susan Glaspell’s life and work (1876-1948) reflected the dramatic changes of the early and middle 20 th century. As opportunities for women began to slowly expand, she jumped at every offer that came her way.
Born in Davenport, Iowa, Susan Glaspell grew up in a Midwest that was settled only decades before, but was developing rapidly as the post-Civil War economic boom transformed the United States.
Glaspell, Susan (1876–1948) American short-story writer, novelist, and playwright, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1931, who was a founding member and major contributor to the acclaimed Provincetown Players. Pronunciation: Glas-pell.
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