{"product_id":"forgotten-broadway-rachel-crothers-9781350398719","title":"Forgotten Broadway: Dramatizing Women's Limited Choices in Selected Plays by Rachel Crothers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection brings Rachel Crothers' best plays back into the public eye, outside of archives, to prove their continued relevance to life in the 21st century. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRachel Crothers was considered in her own time to be \"the most famous woman playwright in America\" (Charles E. Barnum, \u003ci\u003eSunday Morning Star\u003c\/i\u003e). At her peak, 26 of her plays graced Broadway and touring stages, on par with Eugene O'Neill's record, and Hollywood adapted more than half of those for the silver screen, making her one of the most prominent playwrights of the early 20th century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eForgotten Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e is the first edited collection of plays by Crothers, demonstrating her impressive accomplishments as a writer-director during one of the most important periods of Broadway history. Known by her contemporaries as an \"all-around woman of the theatre\" due to her double duty as a writer and practitioner, despite all her successes, her plays have fallen out of print and are rarely produced in any theatrical setting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe issues raised in plays such as \u003ci\u003eHe and She (1911)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMary the Third \u003c\/i\u003e(1923), \u003ci\u003e Let Us Be Gay\u003c\/i\u003e (1929) and \u003ci\u003eA Little Journey (1918)\u003c\/i\u003e concern career versus motherhood\/parenthood, marriage, the double standard, and generational divisions, providing representations that audiences today understand and appreciate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a landmark play collection from one of the most celebrated female theatre practitioners of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Crothers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350398713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350398719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rachel Crothers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065512833279,"sku":"9781350398719","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fb0e8f2d-abc6-428e-bcd5-7b1bc4cd3f08.jpg?v=1768675454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forgotten-broadway-rachel-crothers-9781350398719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}