Description

Rachel Crothers had a fascinating and influential career as a woman playwright and director. In the first half of the 20th century, she was a major part of Broadway history, writing for stars such as Tallulah Bankhead, Katharine Cornell, and Gertrude Lawrence. This volume presents a biographical and critical overview of Crothers’s life and career, along with synopses of her plays, descriptions of her critical reception, and substantial primary and secondary bibliographies.