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Margaret Webster (Nueva York, 15 de marzo de 1905 –Sydenham, Londres, 3 de noviembre de 1972) [1] fue una actriz, productora y directora de teatro estadounidense-británica. El crítico George Jean Nathan la describió como "la mejor directora de obras de Shakespeare que tenemos".
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] Life and career.
Her production went on to be the longest running Shakespeare play in history. Many considered her the best Shakespeare director. This paper reviews her experiences producing such a production as well as her thoughts on how Shakespeare should be directed and performed.
Overview. Margaret Webster. (1905—1972) actress and theatre director. Quick Reference. (1905–72) English director. She began as a performer for Greet's company and at the Old Vic. Her first directorial triumph was Richard II in New York, starring Maurice Evans (1937). ... From: Webster, Margaret in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance »
In Margaret Webster, Milly Barranger has found her perfect subject. She brings to vivid life a fascinating and important theater figure whose public and private lives were of equal interest. In this carefully researched book, Webster's colleagues, lovers, and friends shine as brightly as she did.
Margaret “Peggy” Webster was born on March 15, 1905, into what the New York Times described as a “150-year-old English theatrical dynasty.” 1 Her grandfather, Old Ben Webster, managed London’s Haymarket Theater. His son and Webster’s father, also Ben Webster, was an actor, as was her mother, renowned actress Dame May Whitty.
Remembered now especially for her staging of Othello with Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, and Jose Ferrer, Margaret Webster was probably the best-known, in-demand, and admired director of Shakespeare in America in the 1940s and 1950s.
