Glaspell, Susan - Andrew E. Malone (essay date 1924)
Andrew E. Malone (essay date 1924)
[In the following essay, Malone places Glaspell at the forefront of early twentieth-century American dramatists and judges her plays to be "perfectly constructed. ']
The drama in America is gathering strength and individuality. Little more than a year ago Europe became aware of Eugene O'Neil; it must now recognise a very considerable dramatist in Susan Glaspell. Behind these two is a host of playwrights of more than average quality: Elmer Rice, Channing Pollock, Lula Vollmer, Gilbert Emery, and many others. While it remains perfectly true that one swallow does not make a summer, it remains equally true that a number of swallows certainly indicates that "Sumer is icumen in." The number of considerable dramatists in the United States at present is an indication that within a comparatively short time American drama may lead in quality as well as in quantity. In proportion to its population and its wealth America has yet...
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