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An unequaled career.

Publication: Lambda Book Report
Publication Date: 01-OCT-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: An unequaled career.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
Margaret Webster: A Life in the Theater

By Milly S. Barranger

University of Michigan Press

ISBN 0-472-11390-0

HB, $39.50, 341 pp.

Margaret Webster--actress, director, author and lecturer--in a half-century career in the theater heightened more standards, wielded more influence and broke more new ground than any woman before her, or since.

Born in 1905 in New York City, she was the daughter of English actors Ben Webster and (Dame) May Whitty. She earned her credentials performing at the Old Vic, learning the classics, especially Shakespeare, surrounded by a galaxy of England's greatest actors.

After arriving in New York in 1937, she directed Maurice Evans in several Shakespeare plays and appeared with the renowned acting duo the...

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