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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.
14 de nov. de 1972 · LONDON, Nov. 13—Margaret Webster, the actress and stage director, died here tonight at the age of 67. Last of a Dynasty. Miss Webster was the last member of a 150‐year‐old English...
View PDF. In the 1940s, Margaret Webster directed Paul Robeson, the first American black man to play the role of Othello on Broadway. Her production went on to be the longest running Shakespeare play in history. Many considered her the best Shakespeare.
Margaret Webster's struggles and triumphs as a professional director in New York and London are not cited by theatre historians—especially feminist theatre historians—as often as they should be.
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.
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.
