The Provincetown Players and the Playwrights' Theatre, 1915-1922The Provincetown Players and the Playwrights' Theatre, 1915-1922

The feminist writer and editor Edna Kenton (1876-1954) was elected to the Executive Committee of the Provincetown Players by 1916. This theatrical company, first to present the plays of Eugene O'Neill, rebelled against the commercialism of Broadway and gave unrecognized dramatists the opportunity to experiment. Kenton…