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Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991) had this in common with her favorite Ibsen character, Hedda Gabler: she refused to be oppressed by a sexist society that limited her freedom. Luckily, Le Gallienne never developed a penchant for pistols. Instead, she became an accomplished performer and a master at building nonprofit repertory theater companies.
12 de jul. de 2021 · Born in London on January 11, 1899, Eva Le Gallienne would become a major Broadway star before she was even 21. Le Gallienne made her professional debut at age 15 and moved to New York the following year, starring in several Broadway shows. She then turned away from commercial theatre, saying “Too much cake, not enough bread”.
Le Gallienne, Eva. ( b. 11 January 1899 in London, England; d. 3 June 1991 in Weston, Connecticut), actress, director, and producer who founded the first classical repertory theater in America. Le Gallienne was the only child of an English novelist and poet, Richard Le Gallienne, and a Danish journalist, Julie Nørregaard.
Eva Le Gallienne, nada en Londres o 11 de xaneiro de 1899 e finada en Weston (Connecticut) o 3 de xuño de 1991, foi unha actriz, produtora, directora e escritora británico-estadounidense. Estrela de Broadway aos 21 anos, Le Gallienne abandonou a súa carreira en Broadway para dedicarse á fundación do Civic Repertory Theatre , en que era directora, produtora e actriz principal.
Eva Le Gallienne was convinced that the theater was just as important for people as public schools and libraries and that American audiences deserved a culture of theater. With these cultural and political convictions and facing increasingly cruel criticism due to her “inability to convincingly portray female devotion,” Eva Le Gallienne decided to start her own theater business at the age ...
Eva Le Gallienne. Eva Le Gallienne (1899 – 1991) was a theatrical actress, producer and director during the first half of the 20th century. She made her stage debut at the age of 15 in a 1914 production of Maurice Maeterlinck's Monna Vanna. The next year Le Gallienne sailed for New York, and b ... View full profile.
Behind her public role as a famous actress, director, and producer, Eva Le Gallienne led a private life troubled by her personal struggle with lesbianism. For more than fifty years, she lived in shadows. Like many lesbians of her generation, she viewed herself as a man trapped in a female body. Because she was unwilling to compromise and hide ...
