MacKaye was born in New York City into a theatrical family. His father, Steele MacKaye, was a popular actor, playwright, and producer, while his mother, Mary, wrote a dramatization of Pride and Prejudice, first produced in 1910. His brother James MacKaye was a philosopher, while brother Benton MacKaye was a forester and conservationist. His sister, Hazel MacKaye, became a women's suffrage leader and pageant director.[1]
After graduating from Harvard in 1897,[2] he traveled in Europe for three years, residing in Rome, Switzerland and London, studying at the University of Leipzig in 1899–1900. He returned to New York City to teach at a private school until 1904, when he joined a colony of artists and writers in Cornish, New Hampshire, and devoted himself entirely to dramatic work.[3]
He wrote the plays The Canterbury Pilgrims in 1903, Sappho and Phaon in 1907, Jeanne D'Arc in 1907, The Scarecrow in 1908, Anti-Matrimony in 1910, and the poetry collection The Far Familiar in 1937. In 1950, MacKaye published The Mystery of Hamlet King of Denmark, or What We Will, a series of four plays written as prequels to William Shakespeare's Hamlet. His sister Hazel acted in or helped produce several of his early works.
Percy MacKaye is considered to be the first poet of the Atomic Era because of his sonnet "The Atomic Law," which was published in the Christmas 1945 issue of The Churchman.
Civic Theatreedit
In 1912, he published The Civic Theatre in Relation to the Redemption of Leisure; A Book of Suggestions. Here he presented a concept of Civic Theatre as "the conscious awakening of the people to self-government in its leisure". To this end he called for the active involvement of the public, not merely as spectators, professional staff not dominated by commercial considerations and the elimination of private profit by endowment and public support.[5] This idea is most apparent in his play Caliban by the Yellow Sands (1916). This concept was influential on Platon Kerzhentsev and the SovietProletcult Theatre movement.[6]
Worksedit
Poetryedit
MacKaye, Percy (1912). Uriel: and Other Poems. Houghton Mifflin company. Percy MacKaye.
MacKaye, Percy (1914). The Present Hour: A Book of Poems. The Macmillan Company. Percy MacKaye.
MacKaye, Percy (1915). The Sistine Eve: and Other Poems. The Macmillan company. Percy MacKaye.
The Far Familiar: Fifty New Poems. Richards. 1938.
Playsedit
Beowulf: A Drama of Anglo-Saxon Legend, c. 1899 (unpublished; posthumously performed at Texas A&M University on September 22, 2016)
The Canterbury Pilgrims, 1903. This comedy was produced by the Coburn Players in the open air at Harvard, Yale and other universities in 1909–13, and given as a civic pageant in honor of President Taft at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 4 August 1909.[3]
Fenris the Wolf, 1905
MacKaye, Percy (1906). Jeanne D'Arc: A Drama. The Macmillan company. Percy MacKaye. Produced by E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe in the United States and England.[3]
MacKaye, Percy (1907). Sappho and Phaon. The Macmillan company. Percy MacKaye.
MacKaye, Percy (1908). The Scarecrow: or, The Glass of Truth; a Tragedy of the Ludicrous. The Macmillan company. Percy MacKaye.
MacKaye, Percy (1908). Mater: An American Study in Comedy. The Macmillan company. Percy MacKaye.
MacKaye, Percy (1912). To-morrow: A Play in Three Acts. Frederick A. Stokes Company. Percy MacKaye.
MacKaye, Percy (1914). A Thousand Years Ago: A Romance of the Orient. Doubleday. Percy MacKaye.
MacKaye, Percy (1914). Sanctuary: A Bird Masque. Frederick A. Stokes company. Percy MacKaye. Produced for President Wilson at Meriden Bird Club Sanctuary, New Hampshire.[3]
MacKaye, Percy (1915). The Immigrants: a Lyric Drama. B. W. Huebsch. Percy MacKaye.
MacKaye, Percy (1916). Caliban by the Yellow Sands. Doubleday, Page & Company. Percy MacKaye. A community masque to commemorate the Shakespeare Tercentenary.[4]
MacKaye, Percy (1917). The Evergreen Tree. D. Appleton and company. Percy MacKaye.
MacKaye, Percy (1919). Washington: the Man Who Made Us: ballad play. Knopf. Percy MacKaye.
The Pilgrim and the Book. 1920. A dramatic "Service" for celebrating the Pilgrim Centenary.[4]
An Arrant Knave & Other Plays. Princeton University Press. 1941.
The Mystery of Hamlet, King of Denmark, Or. What We Will: A Tetralogy in Prologue to "The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke". J. Lane. 1952.
Reginald De Koven; Percy MacKaye (1916). The Canterbury Pilgrims: An Opera. The Macmillan company. Percy MacKaye.
Reginald De Koven; Percy MacKaye (1919). Rip Van Winkle: Folk-opera in Three Acts. G. Schirmer. Percy MacKaye.
Non-fictionedit
MacKaye, Percy (1912). The Civic Theatre in Relation to the Redemption of Leisure: A Book of Suggestions. M. Kennerly. Percy MacKaye The Civic Theatre.
Referencesedit
^"'Poor Custom-Ridden Man Must Be Freed as Well as Woman," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 31, 1914, image 1
^Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "MacKaye, Percy" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.
Works by Percy MacKaye at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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Percy MacKaye Letters from Wilson Family at Dartmouth College Library
February 13, 2024
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Percy MacKaye 1875 1956 was an American dramatist and poet Percy MacKayePercy MacKaye as Alwyn the poet in MacKaye s play Sanctuary A Bird Masque Photographed in 1913 by Arnold Genthe Contents 1 Biography 2 Civic Theatre 3 Works 3 1 Poetry 3 2 Plays 3 3 Opera 3 4 Non fiction 4 References 5 External linksBiography editMacKaye was born in New York City into a theatrical family His father Steele MacKaye was a popular actor playwright and producer while his mother Mary wrote a dramatization of Pride and Prejudice first produced in 1910 His brother James MacKaye was a philosopher while brother Benton MacKaye was a forester and conservationist His sister Hazel MacKaye became a women s suffrage leader and pageant director 1 After graduating from Harvard in 1897 2 he traveled in Europe for three years residing in Rome Switzerland and London studying at the University of Leipzig in 1899 1900 He returned to New York City to teach at a private school until 1904 when he joined a colony of artists and writers in Cornish New Hampshire and devoted himself entirely to dramatic work 3 He wrote the plays The Canterbury Pilgrims in 1903 Sappho and Phaon in 1907 Jeanne D Arc in 1907 The Scarecrow in 1908 Anti Matrimony in 1910 and the poetry collection The Far Familiar in 1937 In 1950 MacKaye published The Mystery of Hamlet King of Denmark or What We Will a series of four plays written as prequels to William Shakespeare s Hamlet His sister Hazel acted in or helped produce several of his early works He was made a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1914 4 In the 1920s MacKaye was poet in residence at Miami University in Oxford Ohio He lectured on the theatre at Harvard Yale Columbia and other universities in the United States 3 Percy MacKaye is considered to be the first poet of the Atomic Era because of his sonnet The Atomic Law which was published in the Christmas 1945 issue of The Churchman Civic Theatre editIn 1912 he published The Civic Theatre in Relation to the Redemption of Leisure A Book of Suggestions Here he presented a concept of Civic Theatre as the conscious awakening of the people to self government in its leisure To this end he called for the active involvement of the public not merely as spectators professional staff not dominated by commercial considerations and the elimination of private profit by endowment and public support 5 This idea is most apparent in his play Caliban by the Yellow Sands 1916 This concept was influential on Platon Kerzhentsev and the Soviet Proletcult Theatre movement 6 Works editPoetry edit MacKaye Percy 1912 Uriel and Other Poems Houghton Mifflin company Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1914 The Present Hour A Book of Poems The Macmillan Company Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1915 The Sistine Eve and Other Poems The Macmillan company Percy MacKaye The Far Familiar Fifty New Poems Richards 1938 Plays edit Beowulf A Drama of Anglo Saxon Legend c 1899 unpublished posthumously performed at Texas A amp M University on September 22 2016 The Canterbury Pilgrims 1903 This comedy was produced by the Coburn Players in the open air at Harvard Yale and other universities in 1909 13 and given as a civic pageant in honor of President Taft at Gloucester Massachusetts 4 August 1909 3 Fenris the Wolf 1905 MacKaye Percy 1906 Jeanne D Arc A Drama The Macmillan company Percy MacKaye Produced by E H Sothern and Julia Marlowe in the United States and England 3 MacKaye Percy 1907 Sappho and Phaon The Macmillan company Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1908 The Scarecrow or The Glass of Truth a Tragedy of the Ludicrous The Macmillan company Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1908 Mater An American Study in Comedy The Macmillan company Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1910 Anti matrimony A Satirical Comedy Frederick A Stokes Co Percy MacKaye Produced and acted by Henrietta Crosman 3 MacKaye Percy 1912 Yankee Fantasies Five One act Plays Duffield amp company Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1912 To morrow A Play in Three Acts Frederick A Stokes Company Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1914 A Thousand Years Ago A Romance of the Orient Doubleday Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1914 Sanctuary A Bird Masque Frederick A Stokes company Percy MacKaye Produced for President Wilson at Meriden Bird Club Sanctuary New Hampshire 3 MacKaye Percy 1915 The Immigrants a Lyric Drama B W Huebsch Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1916 Caliban by the Yellow Sands Doubleday Page amp Company Percy MacKaye A community masque to commemorate the Shakespeare Tercentenary 4 MacKaye Percy 1917 The Evergreen Tree D Appleton and company Percy MacKaye MacKaye Percy 1919 Washington the Man Who Made Us ballad play Knopf Percy MacKaye The Pilgrim and the Book 1920 A dramatic Service for celebrating the Pilgrim Centenary 4 An Arrant Knave amp Other Plays Princeton University Press 1941 The Mystery of Hamlet King of Denmark Or What We Will A Tetralogy in Prologue to The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke J Lane 1952 MacKaye Percy 2008 Jeanne D Arc READ BOOKS ISBN 978 1 4437 7195 5 Opera edit Reginald De Koven Percy MacKaye 1916 The Canterbury Pilgrims An Opera The Macmillan company Percy MacKaye Reginald De Koven Percy MacKaye 1919 Rip Van Winkle Folk opera in Three Acts G Schirmer Percy MacKaye Non fiction edit MacKaye Percy 1912 The Civic Theatre in Relation to the Redemption of Leisure A Book of Suggestions M Kennerly Percy MacKaye The Civic Theatre References edit Poor Custom Ridden Man Must Be Freed as Well as Woman St Louis Post Dispatch May 31 1914 image 1 Reynolds Francis J ed 1921 MacKaye Percy Collier s New Encyclopedia New York P F Collier amp Son Company a b c d e f Rines George Edwin ed 1920 Mackaye Percy Encyclopedia Americana a b c Chisholm Hugh ed 1922 Mackaye Percy Encyclopaedia Britannica 12th ed London amp New York The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company The Civic Theatre in Relation to the Redemption of Leisure A Book of Suggestions Accessed December 7 2008 Bolshevik Festivals 1917 1920 Accessed September 28 2017External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Percy MacKaye nbsp Biography portalPercy MacKaye papers 1879 1956 Houghton Library Harvard University The Papers of the MacKaye Family at Dartmouth College Library Works by Percy MacKaye at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Percy MacKaye at Internet Archive Works by Percy MacKaye at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Portrait by Wayne Turney at 20m com Article in Time Magazine of 4 February 1924 at time com Percy MacKaye Letters from Wilson Family at Dartmouth College Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Percy MacKaye amp oldid 1176954528, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
