Dr. Mary Chinery Resurrects Lost Play by Edith Wharton

October 20 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Yes, you read correctly. This Saturday, Dr. Mary Chinery, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Georgian Court University, returns to highlight her discovery (with University of Glasgow professor Laura Rattry) of two complete typescripts of Edith Wharton’s 1901 play, The Shadow of a Doubt. – “the only extant original full play by Wharton.” Renowned for her short stories and novels delineating the challenges facing women during the Gilded Age (The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence, etc.), Edith Wharton was also a playwright, particularly during her early career. Join Mary and Ed as they flesh out the origins of this phantom work and what the discovery means to American literature.