Margo: The Life and Theatre of Margo Jones - Hardcover

Sheehy, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870742965 ISBN 13: 9780870742965

Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr, 1989

Synopsis

American theatre pioneer Margo Jones established the first modern professional resident theatre in the U.S. in Dallas in 1947 - the model for more than 450 such theatres in the country today. Margo was a mentor to playwrights William Inge, Horton Foote, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, as well as Tennessee Williams, whose The Glass Menagerie she co-directed in its first Broadway production.

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Reviews

Without Jones's vision and energy, regional theater might not be as thriving as it is today. From her first theater in Dallas in 1947, to her tragic death in 1955, Jones worked feverishly to create a national, not solely New York-based, theater. Her inspiration empowered the next generation of theater directors, who successfully nurtured regional theater. Jones's enthusiasm for new plays and her willingness to work extensively with such budding playwrights as Tennessee Williams, William Inge, and Horton Foote, forever changed the face of American theater. Williams figures prominently, and we are given a rare and penetrating glimpse into the working relationship between the young Williams and Jones. From Jones's birth to death, this well-researched, carefully chronicled work captures the excitement of this period in American theater history. For theater collections.
- Gerald Large, California State Univ., Los Angeles
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870742965
• ISBN 13: 9780870742965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 316