Sheldon Warren Cheney (June 29, 1886 – October 10, 1980) was an American author and art critic , born at Berkeley, California , the son of Lemuel Warren Cheney (1858–1921), California lawyer and writer, and May L. Cheney (1862–1942), Appointment Secretary at University of California, Berkeley for over forty years. At first he worked in his father's real estate business, later moving to Detroit where he founded the Theatre Arts Magazine in 1916 and edited it until 1921. Cheney was one of the most significant pro-modernist theatre and art critics of the early twentieth century. He helped introduce European modernist practices in theatre to the United States. His Theatre Arts Magazine promoted American little theatre activity, advocated for New Stagecraft design, and nurtured new American playwrights.
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48-530: The Pabst Theater in Milwaukee in 1917 drawing a positive review from Sheldon Cheney . Woman's Politics , a comedy in three acts, was copyrighted in his name in 1899. He directed a version of The Affairs of Anatol in 1912. He worked for Thanhouser . He survived the auto crash that killed Clinton H. Stagg May 5, 1916. He directed the 1918 Broadway musical comedy The Squab Farm about
60-435: The art of bookmaking and, while studying architecture at Berkeley , founded a quarterly journal for designers and collectors of bookplates—his first foray into the field of magazine publishing. He graduated in 1908 with a bachelor's degree in architecture. During his studies, Cheney also developed a love for theatre, inspired largely by performances of Greek drama he had attended at Berkeley’s outdoor Hearst Greek Theatre . In
72-632: The editorial staff. He continued to contribute occasional articles for some years but was never again on the staff. Cheney later remarked that he left in order to pursue professional theatre practice. He joined the Actor's Theatre in New York briefly, but there is no record of Cheney’s actual participation in any professional work with the group. After Cheney ceased editorship of Theatre Arts Magazine in 1921, he began writing more about modern art. His multiple editions of A Primer on Modern Art helped frame
84-534: The film industry featuring three film directors in the cast. A collection of his papers is part of the Shubert archives in New York. This article about a United States film director born in the 1860s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sheldon Cheney Cheney grew up in Berkeley, California, in what he called "an atmosphere of literary ambition and activity". His father, Warren Cheney,
96-509: The subject of modernism, and his first book, The New Movement in the Theatre , was published in 1914. It was around this time that Cheney decided to create a new journal focused on progressive ideas in the theatre. Cheney served as the main editor and writer for Theatre Arts Magazine from 1916-1921. Upon the October 1921 publication of the last issue of Volume V, Cheney removed himself from
108-510: The title The Net . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Net&oldid=1160099845 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Foster Platt George Foster Platt (July 27, 1866 – November 16, 1928)
120-468: The years immediately following his graduation, Cheney married Maud Maurice Turner and found intermittent work as an art and theatre critic. In 1913, Cheney began studying drama at Harvard University . While there he attended the Boston installation of New York City's legendary Armory Show , an experience of modern art which fostered Cheney's growing fascination with new art and theatre. He began to write on
132-655: Was an American stage actor as well as a director of stage and filmed shows. He was part of Thanhouser 's short-lived Jacksonville , Florida , production unit. Platt was born in Petersburg, Virginia . In April 1892, Platt married actress Beatrice Tait in Philadelphia. He started his career working as an assistant to Winthrop Ames at the Little Theatre. He directed the Modern Players troupe at
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#1732772857136144-630: Was an author of poetry and fiction, and served as editor of the popular California magazine, Overland Monthly , and his mother, May L. Cheney, organized a teacher placement office at the University of California, Berkeley and was the founder of the National Association of Appointment Secretaries (NAAS) now known as the American College Personnel Association . The younger Cheney had a passion for
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