Publisher's Synopsis
From the Pulitzer prize-winning playwright comes the chronicle of Claire who, breaking away from the conventions of society, rebels against her Puritan background. Considered Susan Glaspell.s most sophisticated play, it was a pioneering work in nontraditional staging in the theatre. While critics and audiences at the time found the play perplexing-Alexander Woollcott proclaimed the play "decadent"-today it is considered a classic of experimental theatre.
