Clare Tree Major

Major circa 1915

Clare Tree Major (1880 – October 10, 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 Children's Theatre of New York. In 1925 she produced the play The Little Poor Man. She founded the Clare Tree Major Theatre Company in 1927.[1]

She died on October 10, 1954 in Manhattan.[5]

Legacy

The Clare Tree Major papers, 1912-1954, are held in the New York Public Library.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. 1 2 "ArchiveGrid : Clare Tree Major papers, 1912-1954". Beta.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  3. ↑ "TV Effects Studied; Mrs. Clare Tree Major Favors Scrutiny of Programs For Youth". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. January 1, 1951. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Clare Tree Major Devotes Life To Children's Theater". Milwaukee Journal. December 15, 1938. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  5. ↑ "Clare Tree Major, Play Producer, 74. Actress Founded Children's Theatre in 1924. Staged Dramas Throughout U.S.". New York Times. October 10, 1954. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
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