Hallie Flanagan

Hallie Flanagan
A woman in a black tilted hat and black suit sits at bust length and looks directly into the camera
Flanagan in 1940
Born
Hallie Ferguson

(1889-08-27)August 27, 1889
Redfield, South Dakota
DiedJune 23, 1969(1969-06-23) (aged 79)
Old Tappan, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University, Grinnell College
Occupation(s)Theatrical producer, director, playwright, author
Known forDirecting the Federal Theatre Project

Hallie Flanagan Davis (August 27, 1889 – June 23, 1969)[1] was an American theatrical producer and director, playwright, and author, best known as director of the Federal Theatre Project, a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).[2]

Flanagan on CBS Radio for the Federal Theatre of the Air (1936)
Flanagan at the opening of Macbeth (April 14, 1936)
  1. ^ vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu
  2. ^ Bentley, Joanne (1988). Hallie Flanagan: A Life in the American Theatre ((first) ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 5. ISBN 0-394-57041-3.