Glaspell, Susan - Ludwig Lewisohn (essay date 1922)
Ludwig Lewisohn (essay date 1922)
[A German-born American novelist and critic, Lewisohn was an authority on German literature, and his translations of Gerhart Hauptmann, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Jakob Wassermann are widely respected. In 1919 he became the drama critic for the Nation, serving as its associate editor until 1924, when he joined a group of expatriates in Paris. In the essay below, originally published in the Nation, Lewisohn provides a mixed assessment ofGlaspell's early plays. ]
In the rude little auditorium of the Provincetown Players on MacDougall Street there is an iron ring in the wall, and a legend informs you that the ring was designed for the tethering of Pegasus. But the winged horse has never been seen. An occasional play might have allured him; the acting of it would invariably have driven him to indignant flight. For, contrary to what one would expect, the acting of the Players has been not only crude and unequal;...
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