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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