Marcia Noe. Three Midwestern Playwrights: How Floyd Dell, George Cram Cook, and Susan Glaspell Transformed American Theatre

Abstract

This book argues that the origins of the Provincetown Players are to be found in Davenport, Iowa, where Dell, Cook, and Glaspell first encountered formative ideas around feminism, socialism, and free speech. Meticulously researched and original in its approach, it will be of interest to scholars of American theatre and Midwestern history.