YOUNG, STARK

(1881-1963)

Born in Como, Mississippi, Stark Young studied English at the University of Mississippi and Columbia, after which he held several academic jobs. He became a contributor to theNew Republicand associate editor ofTheatre Artsmagazine in 1921. The following year, Young ascended to the job of drama critic forNew Republicand, with a one-year respite in 1924-1925, he held the post until his retirement in 1947. Young wrote some unsuccessful plays, translated works by Anton Chekhov, and occasionally directed plays, notably Eugene O'Neill'sWelded(1924). Beyond his drama criticism, Young also wrote books:The Flower in Drama(1923),Glamour(1925),Theatre Practice(1926), andThe Theatre(1927), as well as a successful 1934 novel,So Red the Rose.