Oliver, Edith

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 526 words | Copyright

Oliver, Edith (1913–98), critic. After graduating from Smith College, Oliver became an actress who worked in regional theatre and on radio before turning to writing and producing quiz shows. She was hired by The New Yorker magazine in 1948, and for the next forty years wrote theatre reviews, usually Off Broadway and experimental productions. Oliver was an astute and open‐minded reviewer who was the first to recognize and champion such playwrights as David Mamet, Christopher Durang, and Wendy Wasserstein.

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