Sophie+Treadwell


 * Sophie Treadwell** (October 3, 1885 – February 20, 1970), was a leading American playwright and [|journalist] of the first half of the 20th century. Among her prominent works are //[|Machinal]// (French for //[|mechanical]//, //[|automatic]//, or //[|involuntary]//) and //[|Intimations For Saxophone]//. As a journalist, she conducted an exclusive interview with [|Pancho Villa] [|[1]] for the //New York Tribune// in 1921. She was also an actress and was mentored by renowned Polish actress [|Helena Modjeska]. The majority of Treadwell's works are stored at the [|University of Arizona] Library Special Collections and the rest at The [|Billy Rose] Theatre Collection at the [|New York Public Library]. The rights to them are owned by the **[|Roman Catholic Church] of the Diocese of [|Tucson]: A Corporation Sole**. "Broadway's Bravest Woman: Selected Writings of Sophie Treadwell" published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale (2006) (Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Treadwell)

** Works **
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 * ===//[|The Right Man]// (1908)===
 * //[|An Outcast at the Christian Door]// (serial) (1914)
 * //[|An Unwritten Chapter]// (1915) (stage adaptation of serial //[|How I Got My Husband and How I Lost Him]//)
 * //[|Claws]// (1916)
 * //[|Gringo]// (1922)
 * //[|O Nightingale]// (1925)
 * //[|Machinal]// (1928) (also titled //The Life Machine// in the London premiere)
 * //[|Ladies Leave]// (1929)
 * //[|Lusita]// (novel)(1931)
 * //[|Intimations For Saxophone]// (1934)
 * //[|Plumes in the Dust]// (1936)
 * //[|Hope for a Harvest]// (1941)
 * //[|Highway]// (1944)
 * //[|One Fierce Hour and Sweet]// (novel) (1959)
 * //[|Woman with Lilies]// (1967)