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Margo Jones | |
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| Born | Margaret Virginia Jones December 12, 1911 Livingston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | July 24, 1955 (aged 43) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Theater director and producer |
Margo Jones (December 12, 1911 – July 24, 1955), nicknamed the "Texas Tornado",[1][2] was an American stage director and producer, best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater-in-the-round concept in Dallas, Texas.[3] In 1947, she established the first regional professional company when she opened Theatre '47 in Dallas. Of the 85 plays Jones staged during her Dallas career, 57 were new, and one-third of those new plays had a continued life on stage, television, and radio. Jones played an important role in the early careers of a range of playwrights, such as Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Joseph Hayes, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee.[4]
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- ^ "The Margo Jones Theatre at the Magnolia Lounge", Margo Jones Theatre, Margo Jones Partnership, retrieved May 31, 2019
- ^ Sheehy, Helen. "Jones, Margaret Virginia". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ Sheehy, Helen (2005), "Who was Margo Jones", Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater, American Public Television, retrieved May 31, 2019