Rachel Crothers - A Research and Production Sourcebook

Rachel Crothers had a fascinating and influential career as a woman playwright and director. She was a major part of Broadway history during the first half of the 20th century, when she wrote for leading actresses such as Tallulah Bankhead, Katharine Cornell, and Gertrude Lawrence. While she is primarily known for her plays, she also worked for a time in Hollywood, and many of her plays were filmed-some more than once.

This volume presents a biographical and critical overview of Crothers's life and career, along with synopses of her plays, descriptions of the critics' responses to each play, and substantial primary and secondary bibliographies. This book makes suggestions about the criticism that Crothers's work has elicited in the past, as well as about the directions that criticism might and should take in the future. Because of Crothers's work on Broadway, the book is a valuable guide to theater history throughout the 1900s, particularly because of the detailed cast and production information provided in the entries.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on Codes and Numbering
Chronology
Life and Career
Plays and Films: Summaries and Critical Overviews
Primary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
Productions and Credits
Author Index
General Index

About the author

Colette Lindroth, James Lindroth

Product details

• Authors: Colette Lindroth, Lindroth Colette, Lindroth James
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.1995
• EAN: 9780313278150
• ISBN: 978-0-313-27815-0
• Series: Modern Dramatists Research and Production Sourcebooks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, American English, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Bibliographies, catalogues, The Arts: Drama