SHEET OF HER LETTERHEAD INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT AND THEATRE DIRECTOR RACHEL CROTHERS. de Crothers, Rachel. (1878-1958). American playwright and theatre director. Her well-crafted plays often dealt with feminist themes - 1933.

[New York]: February 7, 1933., 1933.. Good. - A sheet of letterhead is folded to form 4 sides, each 6-3/8 inches high by 5 inches wide, with her address printed at top left of the first side. Boldly inscribed and signed below the address: "Most sincerely / Rachel Crothers / Feb 7 1933".b The upper half of the sheet is darkened & there is a tiny piece of tape on its bottom edge. A collector has mounted a small printed bio of Crothers at bottom left. 2 pieces of tape adhere to the blank 4th side where the letterhead has been removed from an album. Folded once for mailing. Good.

Rachel Crothers [1878-1958] was an American playwright and theatre director whose well-crafted plays often dealt with feminist themes. Theatre historians generally regard her as the most successful and prolific dramatist writing in the first half of the twentieth century. She broke new ground by directing, staging and casting most of her own plays. She was known for opening doors for other women, including giving Katharine Cornell, Tallulah Bankhead and Francine Larrimore their first Broadway roles. She was also an activist and philanthropist, establishing organizations such as the United Theatre Relief Fund, to improve the welfare of her colleagues. She was given the Chi Omega sorority national achievement award, a gold medal award for "an American woman of notable accomplishment in the professions, public affairs, art, letters, business and finance, or education."