The Verge

This play is Glaspell’s recognition of the way in which Victorian society left some women feeling trapped in roles for which they were unsuited. Because of the play’s non-realistic speech patterns and expressionistic elements, it was dismissed by most critics as being muddled and confusing. It has recently been ‘‘rediscovered’’ by feminist theorists, however, who see the work as an important contribution to theatre history. In 1921 when this play was first produced, women were still expected to stay at home and be dutiful wives and mothers. Many women began to voice dissatisfaction with their lack of opportunities and tried to change the situation. Thus, the feminist movement began to take hold. Other women rebelled by retreating into despondency, depression and, sometimes, madness. The Verge also reflects the fascination with Freudian theory that was sweeping the United States at the time. Freud had delivered his first U.S. lectures in 1909, and his theories of psychoanalysis and dream interpretation were widely discussed in many popular publications of the day. (Summary by by Michele Eaton)CastAnthony: Algy Pug Harry Archer: tovarisch Hattie: Victoria P Claire: Michele Eaton Richard Demming: bala Tom Edgeworthy: Chuck Williamson Elizabeth: Elizabeth Klett Adelaide: Amanda Friday Dr. Emmons: Sarah Parshall Narrator: Tricia G Audio edited by Michele Eaton

Listen and follow

Information for podcasters

• Podcast GUID: 26e7fe7c-77a5-5ae6-bfec-097a365a7b7b
• This podcast doesn’t have a trailer. Apple Podcasts has a specific episode type for a trailer, which also gets used by many other podcast apps: but there isn’t one correctly marked in the RSS feed from the host.
• This podcast appears to be missing from Apple Podcasts, iVoox, Luminary, and iHeartRadio. We list all the podcast directories to be in.
• See all episodes
• Validate this podcast’s RSS feed with Livewire, Truefans or CastFeedValidator

Privacy: The player will download audio directly from the host if you listen. That shares data (like your IP address or details of your device) with them.
Cache: This podcast page made Oct 31, 5:10am UTC. Scheduled for update on Nov 30. Rebuild this page now