The Women of Provincetown, 1915-1922

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Summary: Pioneer Women of American Theatre
Review: For anyone interested in theatre, and particularly womn who are involved in the theatre, this is an eye-opening experience! There are so many actresses, writers, directors and producers of theatre that were members of this famous American theatre company that we moderns have never heard of, have forgotten about or know so few details of. This book is full of fascinating personal and professional information, it makes you want to read abiographies of all concerned.

They lived in such an interesting time and this book illuminates the changing, highly charged atmosphere of the time, when ideologies like anarchy, communism, free love, feminism were in full bloom. Today we think of the sixties as the radical era and the beginnings of the feminist movement, but the sixties pale in comparison to this exciting and volatile time! To be able to effect so much change must have been so exciting and these were remarkable women indeed; all the more wonderful to learn more about them and their lives and considerable accomplishments. It's truly inspirational to women in the theatre who continue to this day to face discrimination and the perceived "novelty" of their success in male-dominated roles in the production of theatre as well as plays written about women, with strong, female characters and non-traditional lifestyles.