Gilder, Rosamond.

Drama critic; New York, N.Y. Born in 1896. Died in 1986.

Rosamond Gilder (1896-1986), an American author and theatre figure in New York, was founder and president of the International Theater Institute. She wrote about the theatre and edited the letters of her father, Richard Watson Gilder.

American writer and dramatic critic.

Rosamond Gilder, born in Marion, Massachusetts in 1891, was a founder and president of the International Theatre Institute, a worldwide group founded in Paris in 1947 to provide a means for theater people to exchange information free from government pressure.

She was also a founder and vice president of the American National Theatre and Academy and an editor-in-chief and drama critic for Theatre Arts magazine, where she worked from 1924 to 1948. She was a secretary of the New York Drama Critics Circle. She also directed the Federal Theatre Project's Bureau of Research and Publication from 1935 to 1936 as an associate of Hallie Flanagan Davis. In 1948 Miss Gilder received a Tony Award and in 1964 she was admitted to the French Order of Arts and Letters.

Miss Gilder died in September 1986.

Rosamond Gilder (1896-1986), an American author and theatre figure in New York, was founder and president of the International Theater Institute.

She wrote about the theatre and edited the letters of her father, Richard Watson Gilder.

Rosamond Gilder, born in Marion, Massachussetts in 1891, was a founder and president of the International Theatre Institute, a worldwide group founded in Paris in 1947 to provide a means for theater people to exchange information free from government pressure. She was also a founder and vice president of the American National Theatre and Academy and an editor-in-chief and drama critic for Theatre Arts magazine, where she worked from 1924 to 1948. She was a secretary of the New York Drama Critics Circle. She also directed the Federal Theatre Project's Bureau of Research and Publication from 1935 to 1936 as an associate of Hallie Flanagan Davis. In 1948 Miss Gilder received a Tony Award and in 1964 she was admitted to the French Order of Arts and Letters.

Miss Gilder died in September 1986.