Clare Tree Major
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Clare Tree Major (1880 – 10 October 1954) was a stage director, playwright, producer of children's theater, and actress.[1][2] She first acted in London, but in 1914 she came to New York to perform with the Washington Square Players.[1] She was the first British actress to tour America from coast to coast.[3] From the 1920s on she worked exclusively on theater for children, writing plays and sending professional actors on tour to perform them.[1]
Biography[]
She was born in 1880 in England. She migrated to the United States in 1914.[4] In 1924 she started the . In 1925 she produced the play . She founded the Clare Tree Major Theatre Company in 1927.[1]
She died on 10 October 1954 in Manhattan.[5]
Legacy[]
The Clare Tree Major papers, 1912-1954, are held in the New York Public Library.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d James Fisher; Felicia Hardison Londré (2 September 2009). The A to Z of American Theater: Modernism. Scarecrow Press. pp. 297–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7047-5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "ArchiveGrid : Clare Tree Major papers, 1912-1954". Beta.worldcat.org. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "TV Effects Studied; Mrs. Clare Tree Major Favors Scrutiny of Programs For Youth". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. 1 January 1951. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Clare Tree Major Devotes Life To Children's Theater". Milwaukee Journal. 15 December 1938. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Clare Tree Major, Play Producer, 74. Actress Founded Children's Theatre in 1924. Staged Dramas Throughout U.S." The New York Times. 10 October 1954. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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