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Margaret Scott Oliver
A Scottish-born American playwright and performer, she moved easily between writing for the stage and appearing on it herself. Her work is best remembered through the collection Six One-Act Plays and her long connection to the Rose Valley and Hedgerow theatre communities.
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Six One-Act Plays
by Margaret Scott Oliver
About the author
Born in Scotland on August 5, 1879, Margaret Scott Oliver came to the United States as a small child when her family moved there when she was three. Sources about her life describe her as an actress, playwright, poet, and enthusiastic gardener.
She was active in Pennsylvania's Rose Valley arts community, first with the Rose Valley Players and later with Jasper Deeter's Hedgerow Theatre. She also performed on Broadway; the Internet Broadway Database credits her as a performer in Paolo and Francesca in 1924.
As a writer, she is known for Six One-Act Plays, a collection that has remained available through Project Gutenberg and LibriVox. A local history source also credits her with writing the script for a Hedgerow production of Alice in Wonderland. Margaret Scott Oliver died on March 16, 1930.