Modern Drama By Women 1880s-1930s: An International Anthology

A groundbreaking anthology that will incite a major reappraisal of the role of women playwrights in the creation of modern drama, b /b b i Modern Drama by Women 1880s-1930s /i /b offers English-language readers and performers a first-ever sampling of once-prominent plays by women from around the world. Featured are twelve plays by women from the Americas, Europe, and Asia, spanning a national and stylistic range from Swedish realism to Russian symbolism. Six of these plays are appearing in their first English-language translation. Playwrights and plays include: * Anne-Charlotte Leffler Edgren, i True Women /i, (Sweden) * Amelia Pincherle Rosselli, i Her Soul /i, (Italy) * Elsa Bernstein, i Maria Arndt /i, (Germany) * Elizabeth Robins, i Votes for Women /i, (Britain) * Marie Leneru, i Woman Triumphant /i, (France) * Alfonsina Storni, i Master of the World /i, (Argentina) * Hella Wuolijoki, i Hulda Juurakko /i, (Finland) * Hasegawa Shigure, i Wayward Traces /i, (Japan) * Rachilde, i Crystal Spider /i, (France) * Zinaida Gippius, i Sacred Blood /i, (Russia) * Djuna Barnes, i The Dove /i, (USA) * Marita Bonner, i The Purple Flower /i, (USA) br br These playwrights represent the New Woman -- herself, her relationships, her crises -- in all of the styles and genres available to the modern dramatist. Unprecedented in diversity and scope, b /b b i Modern Drama by Women /i /b is a collection which no scholar, student, or lover of modern drama can afford to miss.