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ELLEN GAINOR: THE STAGE WOMEN'S WAR RELIEF FUND (1917) Press Representative David Gersten & Associates.

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The Times reported that this was “the first time in the annals of the local stage that the profits of an entire engagement have been devoted to charity.” When Barrie died, The New York Times obituary called him “one of the least well known great men of his time.”. The proceeds from the 1917 New York run of The New Word and The Old Lady Shows Her Medals were donated in their entirety to the Stage Woman’s War Relief Fund, the organization that went on to become The American Theatre Wing. One-act plays include The Twelve-Pound Look, The Will and A Well-Remembered Voice among many others.ĭuring WWI, Barrie devoted himself to raising funds for various charities and war efforts.

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His full length plays include Quality Street, The Admirable Crichton, What Every Woman Knows, Dear Brutus and Mary Rose. In his lifetime, Barrie was much admired by his peers and even regarded as a genius, however his work fell out of favor in later years. As it is, Peter Pan, which celebrates its 100-year anniversary this year, now only obscures Barrie’s gifts as a dramatist of significance. Barrie had only written Peter Pan, its extraordinary and enduring popularity would testify to his talents as a dramatist. James Matthew Barrie (Playwright 1860-1937) If J. 'ECHOES' DUO A RESOUNDING SUCCESS NEW YORK POST The magic lies in her never seeming to do anything at all-you won’t know your heart’s gone till you feel the ache she’s left in its place.” 2įor her acclaimed performance in THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS, Frances Sternhagen received a 2005 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Play. She “steals every heart in the house, with the placid efficiency of a practiced dip lifting your wallet. Sternhagen played the title role in THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS, a lonely charwoman who lies about having a son at the front lines. Easton played the blustery patriarch of THE NEW WORD, a father who must break his lifelong reserve to find the words to say to his son before he leaves for the front. Leading the cast were two of New York’s most esteemed stage actors, Richard Easton and Frances Sternhagen. Mint used the same title for an evening of theater that the New York Post hailed as “a resounding success.” 1

THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS and THE NEW WORD were published in 1919 (along with two other one-acts) under the collective title ECHOES OF THE WAR.

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