Английская Википедия:Emma Sheridan Fry
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Emma Sheridan Fry (Шаблон:Nee, Sheridan; pen name, Polly and E. V. Sheridan; October 1, 1864 – December 1936) was an American actress, playwright, and teacher. She started her career as a stage actress and after retiring from that, she became a writer for various periodicals and wrote plays. In 1903, she established the Children's and Young People's Theatre in New York City.Шаблон:Sfn Also in that city, she served as director of the Children's Educational Theatre and the Educational Players, as well as teaching at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Fry died in 1936.
Early life and education
Emma Viola Sheridan was born in Painesville, Ohio, October 1, 1864. Her mother, Emma Christina (Huther) Sheridan,Шаблон:Sfn was a niece of the New England clergyman, Rev. Joseph W. Parker. Her father, Congressman George Augustus Sheridan,[1] fought with the Army of the Cumberland during the American Civil War, and later developed a national reputation as an orator. Fry was always his friend, confidant and counselor.Шаблон:Sfn
She was a graduate of Mrs. Hay's preparatory academy, Boston, Massachusetts, and of the Normal College in New York City (now, Hunter College). Choosing the stage as the field of her work, she went through a thorough course of study and training in the New York Lyceum School of Acting (now, Lyceum Theatre).Шаблон:Sfn She graduated from the American Academy Dramatic Arts, 1885.Шаблон:Sfn
Career
Fry began at the bottom and in six seasons, she rose to the front rank among American actors, filling many important roles. In 1887, she played a notable engagement with Richard Mansfield in the Lyceum Theatre, London, England. Returning to the United States, she played a round of leading Shakespearean parts with Thomas Keene. In 1889, she became the leading lady in the Boston Museum Company.Шаблон:Sfn At the close of her second and most successful season there, her stage career was cut short by her marriage.Шаблон:Sfn
During her stage experience, Sheridan was also a writer of general syndicate newspaper work, writing many articles, stories and verses published in the daily press, in magazines and in dramatic papers over her signature. She was well known as "Polly" in the New York Dramatic Mirror, writing the Polly Papers. She also wrote a "Wednesday Afternoon" column for the Boston Commonwealth, which included theater reviews and dramatic commentary.Шаблон:Sfn After her retirement from the stage, Sheridan, for she retained her signature, "E. V. Sheridan", devoted all her time to writing, and she was in this second profession rapidly repeating the progress and notable success of her stage career.Шаблон:Sfn
On February 23, 1892, Mansfield produced at the Garden Theatre, New York, a play by Sheridan entitled, £10,000 a Year, founded on Dr. Samuel Warren's book of the same name, Ten Thousand a-Year. Шаблон:Sfn She prepared a text book of Educational Dramatics, and Educational Players' Students Arrangement of Twelfth Night and Macbeth.Шаблон:Sfn
Founded by Alice Minnie Herts, and with Mark Twain as president of the board, Fry became the director of the Children's Educational Theatre, New York City,[2][3] in 1904, and conducted all of its educational work till January 1, 1909. She took charge, as dramatic director, of the Educational Players, New York City, in 1910. She was also a teacher at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1909-10. At the Children's Educational Tbeatre, she produced The Prince and the Pauper, written by her from Mark Twain's book; the Abby Sage Richardson play, produced with the Educational Players, 1910; Midsummer Night's Dream at the Morris High School, New York; and produced The Tempest for Smith College alumnae, 1898.Шаблон:Sfn
Fry was a member of the New England Woman's Press Association,Шаблон:Sfn and the Pen and Brush Club, New York City. She served as president of the Alumni Association of the Lyceum School of Acting.Шаблон:Sfn
Personal life
In 1891, in Deer Isle, Maine, she married Alfred Brooks Fry,Шаблон:Sfn Chief Engineer of the United States Treasury service; he was a member of the Loyal Legion, and of the Order of the Cincinnati by heredity.Шаблон:Sfn They had a son, Sheridan Brooks Fry,Шаблон:Sfn who was born in 1893.[4]
Fry favored woman suffrage. By religion, she was Episcopalian.Шаблон:Sfn
Emma Sheridan Fry died in December 1936,Шаблон:Sfn in Westwood, New Jersey.Шаблон:Sfn[5]
Selected works
Plays
- £10,000 a Year, 1892
- The Prince and the Pauper
Textbooks
- Educational dramatics : a handbook on the educational player method, 1917
References
Attribution
Bibliography
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Beatrice L. Tukesbury, "Emma Sheridan Fry and Educational Dramatics" Educational Theatre Journal 16(4)(December 1964): 341-348.
- ↑ "Thirty-Five Actors Resign" New York Sun (February 11, 1909): 7. via Newspapers.comШаблон:Open access
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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