Ruth Draper Was the Undisputed Queen of the One-woman Theater in the 20th Century
Starting in the early years of the 20th century until the night she died in 1956, the native New Yorker entranced audiences all over the world by ...
Read about the reach of Ruth Draper’s influence, from Joyce Grenfell and Uta Hagen to Lily Tomlin and Annette Bening.
Draper always said that her ability to conjure up characters on stage was a collaboration between her and the audience.