Talk:Eva Le Gallienne

This article is 75% about the fact that Le Gallienne was a lesbian and who her lovers were, sort of breezing through her accomplishments and the entire reason she's worth learning about today. I will clean up the article myself if it comes to it, because it's really maddening that the article is mostly about her sexual partners instead of her artistic achievements. Eva Le Gallienne was a theatrical genius and unparalleled in her time, yet all we really get in this article is who she dated. What a shame. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.100.57.219 (talk) 05:56, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Clarify, please

Le Gallienne was presented with a special Tony Award... in honour of her work with the National Repertory Theatre.

Does this refer to the American Repertory Theater (1946-48), or is it a general reference to repertory activity in America? Valetude (talk) 15:34, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

I believe the theatre's actual name was the National Repertory Theatre, not American Repertory Theatre, nad is for her work with that theatre (and her career in general) that she received a Tony. BMK (talk) 02:38, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Lede too detailed

The lede is meant to be a lean, spare summary of the article, accessible to people unfamiliar with the subject. A certain contributor keeps loading it with detail that could only hold the attention of an inner circle of Le Gallienne buffs. Valetude (talk) 23:34, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Eva Le Gallienne. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165436/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64851.html to http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64851.html
• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://www.geh.org/ar/strip17/m197701891759.jpg
• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://www.geh.org/ar/strip18/m197701891725.jpg
• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://www.geh.org/ar/strip18/m197701891736.jpg

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 02:29, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Le Gallienne as a translator?

I learned that Le Gallienne translated Ibsen, and seeing here that her mother was Danish, that makes sense. I would be most interested to see some expansion of that area of her work here. Many thanks to all who contribute.Sradovsk (talk) 14:38, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hello! This is to let editors know that File:Eva Le Gallienne (mnwp.275003, cropped restoration).jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for October 12, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-10-12. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 11:13, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Eva Le Gallienne (1899–1991) was a British-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author. A Broadway star by age 21, Le Gallienne gave up her Broadway appearances to devote herself to founding the Civic Repertory Theatre, in which she was both director, producer, and lead actress. Noted for her boldness and idealism, she became a pioneering figure in the American repertory movement, which enabled today's off-Broadway. A versatile and eloquent actress herself (playing roles ranging from Peter Pan to Hamlet), Le Gallienne also became a respected stage director, coach, producer and manager.

Photograph credit: Nicholas Haz; restored by Coffeeandcrumbs

Recently featured:

• Red knot
• Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt
• Sky Reflector-Net at Fulton Center

The Sewing Circle

The description of the sewing circle code in the article for lesbian circles was actually never known in Hollywood.(1920s - 50s) The phrase was coined by Kenneth Anger in the Hollywood Babylon books (1970s) and contains many false allegations. That have sense been discounted. Andrew Dock 65 (talk) 00:12, 28 April 2023 (UTC)