Photograph, Theater - Hector MacQuarrie at the Playbarn

From Madison Historical Society

1920 – 1930

5 5/8 in. H X 9 7/8 in. W
8 1/2 in. H X 11 in. W

Copy of a black and white photograph of Hector MacQuarrie standing in the stage door at the Playbarn. A castle backdrop and rows of chairs are visible behind him.Madison was home to the country's earliest summer theater. In 1918, Constance Grenelle Wilcox and Alice B. Keating founded the Woodland Garden Plays. The first performances were held in the woods behind the Wilcox home on Island Avenue, but later moved into an old barn on the property, called the "Playbarn". The plays were popular fundraisers for charitable causes including post WWI relief, the Madison Historical Society and the preservation of the Lee Academy. 

Accession/ID Number A2023.JitneyPlayers.006

Subjects

• Photographs
• Theater

Related People in LC Wilcox, Constance Grenelle