New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920

This study reveals in depth the lives and work of five little-known women dramatists: Martha Morton, 1865-1925, Madeleine Lucette Ryley, 1858-1934, Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, 1855-1908, Beulah Marie Dix, 1876-1970, and Rida Johnson Young, 1875-1926.Entering playwriting at a time when very few women wrote for the stage, these pioneers achieved thriving careers and entertained theatergoers throughout the United States and Great Britain with their wholesome, light comedies, farces and musicals.Their collective experience as professional dramatists reveals trends of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century theatre practices and their accomplishments in a male-dominated profession serve to underscore hitherto unacknowledged contributions to America's Progressive Era theatre.

Sherry D. Engle is Associate Professor in the Speech, Communications and Theatre Arts Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College. She has published articles in the New England Theatre Journal and American Drama and presented numerous conference papers on early women playwrights. She lives in New York City and also writes plays.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Progressive Era Women Dramatists	p. 1
Dean of the Women Playwrights: Martha Morton (1865-1925)	p. 13
Martha Morton's Address to the American Dramatists' Club	p. 48
Works of Martha Morton	p. 50
Transatlantic Success: Madeleine Lucette Ryley (1858-1934)	p. 55
An Interview with "Mrs. Madeleine Lucette Ryley" in The Vote	p. 93
Works of Madeleine Lucette Ryley	p. 95
Collaborators and Friends: Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland (1855-1908) and Beulah Marie Dix (1876-1970)	p. 99
Works of Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland	p. 134
Works of Beulah Marie Dix	p. 138
Dramatist, Songwriter, and Lyricist: Rida Johnson Young (1875-1926)	p. 149
Works of Rida Johnson Young	p. 192
Notes	p. 199
New York Plays and Musicals by Women, April 1885-June 1925	p. 235
Index	p. 271
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