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Title: Worth reading
Review: I read this play because its author was born in Iowa and I was impressed by her famed short story, "A Jury of Her Peers." While the play purports to be sited in Iowa, it supposedly was inspired by the life of Emily Dickinson. Alison, who died 18 years before the time of the play (Dec 31, 1899--incorrectly stated to be the last day of the century, which, if true, would mean that either the 19th century only had 99 years or that the first century only had 99 years, since there has never been a year 0) is a principal figure in the play. She apparently had love for a married man and did not succumb to it, in contrast to Elsa, the daughter of Mr. Stanhope, who is horrified by Elsa's action in contrast to Alison's and to his own. The play well deserves the Pulitzer it won, altho some of the dialogue would never appear in a play of today, I presume.
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