Background
Freedley, George was born on September 5, 1904 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of George J. and Maude A. (Reynolds) Freedley.
Freedley, George was born on September 5, 1904 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of George J. and Maude A. (Reynolds) Freedley.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Richmond, 1925. Master of Fine Arts (drama), Yale, 1936. Unmarried. Scene director and technical director Stillington Players, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1928.
Assistant technical director Theatre Guild, Inc., 1928. Actor and stage manager, The Grey Fox, 1928, Dynamo, 1929, The Camel Through the Needle’s Eye, 1929, Strange Interlude, 1929, Karl and Anna, 1929, The Game of Love and Death, 1929-1930, Everything’s Jake, 1930. Roar China, 1930; The Venetian Glass Nephew, 1931.
In charge theatre collections, New York Public Library, 1931-1938, curator, 1938-1948. Drama critic, Morning Telegraph, 1940-1949, drama feature writer and book editor, since 1949. Co-chairman Equity-Library Theatre, 1943-1947.
Director Stillington Players, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1928. Assistant tech; director Theatre Guild, Inc., 1928. Actor and stage manager, The Grey Fox, 1928, Dynamo, 1929, The Camel Through the Needle’s Eye, 1929, Strange Interlude, 1929, Karl and Anna, 1929, The Game of Love and Death, 1929-1930, Everything’s Jake, 1930.
Member New York Drama Critics Circle (secretary, foreign correspondent secretary), Theatre library association (president 1963, chairman of the board of directors since 1963), Societe Universelle du Theatre (secretary American section), National Theatre Conference, American Library Association, American National Theatre and Academy (director, honorary secretary since 1960), The Pirandello Society, Inc. (president since 1958).