The late Susan Glaspell (1876–1948) was a leading modern American woman playwright. Linda Ben-Zvi is professor emerita at Tel Aviv University and Colorado State University in theatre and English. J. Ellen Gainor is professor of theatre and associate dean of the Graduate School at Cornell University.

“a fascinating and rewarding journey through early twentieth-century American life and culture...essential”—Comparative Drama.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Editorial Note      viiiA Brief Biography      A Critical Introduction      Suppressed Desires      Trifles      Close the Book      The People      The Outside      Woman’s Honor      Tickless Time      Bernice      Free Laughter      Chains of Dew      Inheritors      The Verge      The Comic Artist      Alison’s House      Springs Eternal      Appendix A: First Productions of the Plays      Appendix B: Select Recent Professional Productions      Select Bibliography      Index