Mint Theater Company was founded in 1992 in New York City . Their mission is to find, produce, and advocate for "worthwhile plays from the past that have been lost or forgotten".[ 1] [ 2] They have been instrumental in restoring the theatrical legacy of several playwrights notably; Teresa Deevy ,[ 3] [ 4] Rachel Crothers ,[ 5] and Miles Malleson .[ 6] As well as producing less produced or forgotten works by noted playwrights such as A. A. Milne ,[ 7] Lillian Hellman ,[ 8] and J. M. Barrie .[ 9] They have also produced frequently ignored theatrical works by noted authors such as Ernest Hemingway ,[ 10] D. H. Lawrence ,[ 11] and Leo Tolstoy .[ 11]
New York Times critic Ben Brantley credited Mint Theater Company as a "resurrectionist extraordinaire of forgotten plays".[ 12] pointing to the company as a torchbearer "devoted to overlooked plays of other times."[ 13]
^ "About | Mint Theater Company" . minttheater.org .
^ Cohen, Alix (10 February 2016). "The Mint Theater: Visionary Resurrection of Forgotten Plays" . Woman Around Town .
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^ Blaney, Retta (1 October 2010). "Lost works return to stage" . National Catholic Reporter .
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^ Teachout, Terry (8 April 2021). "Yours Unfaithfully Review: Three's Trouble" . The Wall Street Journal .
^ Hampton, Wilborn (19 May 2004). "Theater Notebook; Two Comedies From Milne, Before He Dreamed of Pooh" . The New York Times .
^ Teachout, Terry (7 January 2021). "Opinion | Days to Come Review: A Hellman Rarity of Uncommon Merit" . The Wall Street Journal .
^ Gelder, Lawrence Van (8 May 1995). "In Performance; Theater" . The New York Times .
^ Kale, Verna (2008). "The Fifth Column: A Play by Ernest Hemingway (review)" . The Hemingway Review . 27 (2): 131–134. doi :10.1353/hem.0.0010 . ISSN 1548-4815 . S2CID 161589660 .
^ a b Simonson, Robert (16 September 2007). "Sifting the Dustbin of Literary History" . The New York Times .
^ Brantley, Ben (19 August 2011). "Aug. 21 — 27" . The New York Times .
^ Brantley, Ben (3 November 2020). "A 'Wicked' Challenge and Other Tough Questions for Ben Brantley" . The New York Times .