All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Why Marry?
“Why Marry?” Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Marry
Playwright Jesse Lynch Williams Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Lynch_Williams
Triangle Club at Princeton (which was co-founded by Lynch)
https://www.triangleshow.com/
History of the Triangle Club at Princeton
https://www.triangleshow.com/history
“Back to Town,” the collected work of Jesse Lynch Williams, including his breakout short story “The Stolen Story” and the script of “Why Marry?”
Free online PDF of the “Why Marry?” script
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35389/35389-h/35389-h.htm
Free LibirVox reading of the play
https://librivox.org/why-marry-by-jesse-lynch-williams/
Lynch’s response to the New York Times review of his play
East Lynne Theater Company, which has produced the play three times
https://www.eastlynnetheater.org/
Correction: Booth Tarkington did not win the Pulitzer for Fiction in 1918 but in 1919
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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama.
