Background
Marks, Jeannette was born on August 16, 1875 in Chattanooga. Daughter of William Dennis and Jeannette Holmes (Colwell) Marks.
educator lecturer writer theatre worker
Marks, Jeannette was born on August 16, 1875 in Chattanooga. Daughter of William Dennis and Jeannette Holmes (Colwell) Marks.
Bachelor of Arts, Wellesley College, 1900, Master of Arts, 1903. Postgraduate English, Bodleian Library and British Museum Associate Professor of English literature Mount Holyoke College, 1901-1910, lecturer, 1913-1921, Kennedy Professor of English literature, department chairman English literature and drama, 1921-1939. Founder Laboratory Theatre, 1928, director 1929-1941.
Founder Play and Poetry Shop Talk, 1916.
Conducted research in Archives of West Indies since 1925. Lecturer on Brownings since 1940.
Winner Welsh National Theatre prize for best Welsh play, Merry Cuckoo, Welsh Honeymoon, 1911. Awarded Kossovo medal Royal Red Cross of Jugoslavia, 1931.
Silver Musgrave medal Institute of Jamaica, British West Indies California California for The Family of the Barrett, 1939.
Member Academy Political Science, American Association U. Women, New York State History Association, corresponding member Institute of Jamaica, British West Indies California California. Honorary member Browning Society Los Angeles, New York Browning Society. Sponsor Pacific Coast Browning Foundation Fellow Institute American Genealogy.
Member National Woman’s Party (chairman New York State branch, 1942-1947).
Member Society of Friends, National League American Pen Women, British Records Association Clubs: College, Authors (Bos.). Author: The Cheerful Cricket, 1907.
The England Pastoral Drama, 1908. Through Welsh Doorways, 1909.
The End of a Song, 1911.
Gallant Little Wales, 1912. Leviathan, 1913; Early English Hero Tales, 1915. Three Welsh Plays, 1917.
Courage, 1919.
Geoffrey’s Window, 1921. Willow Pollen (verse), 1921. The Sun Chaser (a full length play), 1922.
Genius and Disaster, 1925, 26.
The Merry Merry Cuckoo and Other Welsh Plays, 1927. Thirteen Days, 1929; The Merry Merry Cuckoo (in 5 one-act plays, edited by Shigeo Inouve, Tokyo, Japan), 1930.
The Family of the Barrett, 1938. Life and Letters of Mary Emma Woolley, 1955.
Contributor stories, essays and verse to magazines
Plays produced at Tov Theatre, San Francisco Little Theatre, Vagabond Players, Prince Saint Players, Hull House Theatre, Fifth Avenue Theatre, at colleges, schools and clubs. Address: Westport, New New York
Member Academy Political Science, American Association U. Women, New York State History. Member Institute of Jamaica, British West Indies California California. Member Browning Society Los Angeles, New York Browning Society.
Member National Woman’s Party (Chairman.
Member Society of Friends, National League American Pen Women, British