Sophie Treadwell
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Sophie Treadwell (October 3, 1885 – February 20, 1970), was a leading female playwright and American journalist of the first half of the 20th century. Among her prominent works are Machinal (French for "mechanical," "automatic," or "involuntary.") and For Saxophone. As a journalist, she conducted an exclusive interview with Pancho Villa [1] (http://jamaica.u.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/ws200/mex-cox.html) for the New York Tribune in 1921. She was also an actress and was mentored by renound Polish actress Helena Modjeska. The majority of Treadwell's works are stored at the University of Arizona Library Special Collections and the rest at The Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library. The rights to them are owned by the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Tucson: A Corporation Sole.
Works
- The Right Man (1908)
- An Outcast at the Christian Door (serial) (1914)
- An Unwritten Chapter (1915) (stage adaptation of serial How I Got My Husband and How I Lost Him)
- Claws (1916)
- Gringo (1922)
- O Nightingale (1925)
- Machinal (1928) (also titled The Life Machine in the London premiere)
- Ladies Leave (1929)
- Lusita (novel)(1931)
- For Saxophone (1934)
- Plumes in the Dust (1936)
- Hope for a Harvest (1941)
- Highway (1944)
- One Fierce Hour and Sweet (novel) (1959)
- Woman with Lilies (1967)
Trivia
- Treadwell's play Machinal was inspired by the life and execution of convicted murderess Ruth Snyder.
- Clark Gable was the lead man in an early Broadway production of Machinal.
External Links
- The Sophie Treadwell Collection (http://www.library.arizona.edu/branches/spc/treadwell/)
- Sophie Treadwell - A Research and Production Sourcebook (http://info.greenwood.com/books/0313293/0313293880.html)
Categories: U.S. dramatists and playwrights | Journalists | 1885 births | San Joaquin County, California | 1970 deaths
