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The Provincetown Players was an influential collective of artists, writers, intellectuals, and amateur theater enthusiasts. Under the leadership of the husband and wife team of George Cram “Jig” Cook and Susan Glaspell, the Players produced two seasons in Provincetown, Massachusetts and six seasons in New York City between 1915 and 1923. The company's founding has been called "the most important innovative moment in American theatre," in part for launching the career of Eugene O'Neill and building an audience for American playwrights. ==Founding in Provincetown== The Provincetown Players began in July 1915. Provincetown, Massachusetts had become a popular summer outpost for the bohemian residents of Greenwich Village. On July 21 a group of friends who were disillusioned by the commercialism of Broadway created an evening’s entertainment by staging two one-act plays. ''Constancy'' by Neith Boyce and ''Suppressed Desires'' by Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook were performed at the home of Hutchins Hapgood and Neith Boyce. The evening was a success and an additional performance was organized. Mary Heaton Vorse donated the use of the fish house on Lewis Wharf where a makeshift stage was assembled. The two one-acts which had been presented at the Hapgood home were restaged in August and a second bill of two new plays was presented in September: ''Change Your Style'' by George Cram Cook and ''Contemporaries'' by Wilbur Daniel Steele. Enthusiasm for the theatrical experiment in Provincetown continued over the winter of 1915-16 and a second season was planned at Lewis Wharf. The plays were funded in part by a subscription campaign in which George Cram “Jig” Cook described the aim of the group: “to give American playwrights a chance to work out their ideas in freedom."〔 The second season introduced Eugene O’Neill and his play ''Bound East to Cardiff''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Provincetown Players」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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