Ellen Stewart obituary

Energetic founder of the pioneering experimental theatre club La MaMaThe major impetus and example for much of our first fringe and alternative theatre 50 years ago came from New York, specifically a small group of off-off-Broadway and Greenwich Village cafe theatres where Ellen Stewart, who has died aged 91, reigned supreme as the founder and artistic director of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.Although never renowned as an actor or director herself (she took to directing in later life), St...

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