War Among the Poor

The Outside (1917) is the shortest and first non-comedic play by Susan Glaspell. It is a play in one act. She uses symbolism to convey the emptiness of Mrs. Patrick’s life on the outside. Glaspell uses the imagery of the station and the areas beyond to show that Mrs. Patrick is keeping herself away from the things she once knew. Glaspell’s use of symbolism aides the characters onstage as well as the audience in realizing the situation the women are facing. The play was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Playwrights' Theatre, December 28, 1917. It was revived in 1997 and 2008 by the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London. more »

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Illiteracy's so convenient
As pride enslaves everyone
You are upper class by birth
Money's shining sons
No peace
Our army grows
You laugh and feast from the dead
There's no peace
But bigotry and poverty instead
Trickle-down reason
To us the people that you broke
I'm sickened by sedative violence
That you exercise and provoke
We won't give no peace
Our army moves
You taunt, streets turning red
No peace
But savagery and poverty instead
Where's the threshold to dignity?
Triggering fake expectations
War for scraps among the poor
Consumption consumption consumption
Consumption's not a cure

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