New Athens Players

New Athens Players Podcast

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This is the podcast companion to the New Athens Players, a theater company in the Quad Cities -- the home of Susan Glaspell and her husband George Cram Cook. The two of them founded the Provincetown Players, a cutting-edge and influential group in the development of American drama. The name "New Athens" is based on a remark Cook made to Floyd Dell, that they should go back to Davenport and make it a "New Athens." The dream was never fulfilled in his lifetime: Cook died in Greece in 1924. This podcast will include audio recordings related to the legacy of Glaspell and the Provincetown Players.

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Glaspell: The Escape (1919) [narrated by Susan Perrin-Sallak] 19.03.2023 40:33

Susan Glaspell's 1919 story, "The Escape," is here narrated by Susan Perrin-Sallak. This is the first recording of one of Glaspell's stories for the New Athens Players podcast; the aim is to release recordings of all her short stories, as well as select other works, in this manner.