+ Socialist R 10:30 Ja ’21 110w
“Presents the fundamental idea of socialism with a large amount of ethical and humane idealism and praiseworthy grace and sweetness of temper. It is, in short, socialism suffused with the spirit of William Morris and purged of its economic one-sidedness that Mr Glasier presents.”
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GLASPELL, SUSAN (MRS GEORGE CRAM COOK). Plays. *$2 Small 812
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All of Susan Glaspell’s plays have been produced by the Provincetown players and by other little theater groups and some of them have been published separately. This is the first collected edition. The collection opens with Trifles, which has been called “the best play that has been written by an American.” The other one-act plays are The people, Close the book, The outside and Woman’s honor. These are followed by the three-act play, Bernice, a play of subtle theme, one of the few attempts to write serious American drama. The collection closes with two comedies written in collaboration with George Cram Cook, Suppressed desires and Tickless time.
Booklist 17:21 O ’20
“Miss Glaspell has command of crisp and forceful dialogue, but this volume, indeed, indicates clearly that her gifts are literary rather than dramatic.”
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