Scene from Margaret Webster's Broadway production of Othello (1943) with Uta Hagen as Desdemona, Webster as Emilia, and Jack Manning as Roderigo
Born
(1905-03-15)March 15, 1905
New York City, US
Died
November 13, 1972(1972-11-13) (aged 67)
Sydenham, London, England
Occupations
Actress
director
producer
Parents
Ben Webster (father)
Dame May Whitty (mother)
Relatives
Benjamin Nottingham Webster (great-grandfather)
Margaret Webster (March 15, 1905 – November 13, 1972) was an American-British theater actress, producer and director. Critic George Jean Nathan described her as "the best director of the plays of Shakespeare that we have."[1]
^"Margaret Webster Dies at 67; Stage Director and Ex‐Actress". The New York Times. November 14, 1972. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
MargaretWebster (March 15, 1905 – November 13, 1972) was an American-British theater actress, producer and director. Critic George Jean Nathan described...
company of the Old Vic in 1929 with John Gielgud, Martita Hunt, and MargaretWebster, as well as the Riverside Shakespeare Company in its founding production...
replaced another actor in two minor roles for this production staged by MargaretWebster that starred Maurice Evans. After a month back on Broadway, the production...
London home she had shared with MargaretWebster. She was buried in a Catholic service in Hampstead Cemetery. MargaretWebster dedicated her first autobiography...
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Repertory Theatre, founded by MargaretWebster and Eva Le Gallienne; Webster's follow-up troupe, the MargaretWebster Shakespeare Company—for which he...
Hamlet and Lady Percy in Henry IV, Part I, staged by director MargaretWebster. Webster was part of a small but influential group of lesbian producers...
the 1915 silent film Brigadier Gerard. Barranger, Milly S. (2004). MargaretWebster: A Life in the Theater. U. of Michigan Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780472113903...
again in New York opposite Maurice Evans in a production staged by MargaretWebster, a role she was to reprise with Evans on television, firstly in 1954...
the MargaretWebster Shakespeare Company in New York City in the 1940s. She and her husband, John Sedwick, founded the Tanglewood Theater. Margaret Gwenver...
HB Studio in New York City. He acted Off Broadway and toured with MargaretWebster's Shakespeare Repertory Company. He appeared on Broadway in Richard...
journalist, The People's Voice; secretary, Negro Actors Guild of America MargaretWebster: Author, director, producer Ireene Wicker: Radio show host Betty Winkler:...
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"Theatre Masterworks" version from 1953, directed and narrated by MargaretWebster, with a cast including Maurice Evans, Lucile Watson and Mildred Natwick;...
Some of the drama and opera directors for whom he worked included MargaretWebster, Colin Graham, John Copley, Peter Dews and Rudolf Hartmann - with productions...
Sokolow for dance, Sandy Meisner for drama, Lehman Engel for music, and MargaretWebster for the Shakespearean classics, and fellow students included Daniel...
Wanamaker, actor Theodore Ward, playwright Fredi Washington, actor MargaretWebster, actress, director and producer Orson Welles, actor, writer and director...
Gallienne became involved in a relationship with theater director MargaretWebster. She, Webster, and producer Cheryl Crawford co-founded the American Repertory...
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