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is that too few make use of their gray matter; I mean that they do not seem to realize that they have something within themselves, and do not need to depend wholly upon outside matters for amusement. And a person who always has to be amused or entertained cannot be happy, for he hasn't the creative spirit."
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Emily Wakeman Hartley was the founder, fundraiser, and manager of the Stamford Theatre, which opened in 1914. It became a popular venue for touring performers and for new shows, before they debuted in New York. She also lectured on creativity, saying "One of the great faults of the present generation
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Emily Wakeman Hartley ran unsuccessfully for the Connecticut state senate in 1922. She retired from managing the theatre in 1927.
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In 1902, Emily Wakeman married Randolph Hartley, a librettist, publicist, and opera critic; his grandfather was poet and editor
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Emily Wakeman was an actress as a young woman, usually playing comic or character roles, including Broadway appearances in
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and Emily Ludlam Wakeman. Her father was a lawyer and writer interested in philosophy. Her mother was a
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In 1987, an Emily Wakeman Hartley Theater Series began in Stamford, named in her memory.
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Nina S. Purdy, "She Induced her Town to Build a 'First Night' Theatre"
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Clyde Fitch and the American Theatre: An Olive in the Cocktail
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Emily Wakeman Hartley at her desk, from a 1914 publication.
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Two photographs of Emily Wakeman Hartley tending a garden
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A postcard featuring the Stamford Theatre, from 1919
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Stamford Theatre
Stamford, Connecticut
New York
Thaddeus B. Wakeman
clubwoman
women's suffrage
Friends Seminary
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Cos Cob, Connecticut
"Mrs. Emily L. Wakeman"
Who's who in Music and Drama
Clyde Fitch and the American Theatre: An Olive in the Cocktail
ISBN
9781611479485
"Matinee Girl"
"Making More Money"
"A Woman Who Financed and Built a Theatre"
"Playback Day 2: Act 1 Vaudeville and Beyond"
"Something Within Themselves"


"Emily W. Hartley, Actress, Dies at 62"
"Mrs. Emily W. Hartley to Retire"
"Rufus Griswold Archive Arrives at the Poe Museum"
"In Memory of Randolph Hartley"
"Theatre: For Audiences, O'Neill, and Celebrations"
Two photographs of Emily Wakeman Hartley tending a garden

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