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HOLLAND HUDSON
Actor and playwright Holland Hudson (b. 1889) was best known for his pantomime The Shepherd in the Distance, which garnered much attention in the early days of the Washington Square Players. The play was technically experimental, and one reviewer marveled that "the actors mimed always in profile and grouped themselves so skillfully that the stage at any moment was a bold poster in black and white." The piece was included in Frank Shay's Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays in 1920 and became a popular choice for little theater productions nationwide. Hudson continued to write and direct plays into the 1920s.
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Creator: Washington Square Players
Title: Playbill from the Washington Square Players' 1915-1916 season at the Bandbox Theatre
Item Date: 1915
Material Type: Playbills
ADA Caption: Playbill from the Washington Square Players' 1915-1916 season at the Bandbox theatre
Curatorial Department: Performing Arts Collection
Collection Name: Playbills and Programs Collection
Stack Location: Box New York Theatres 1915, Folder Bandbox Theatre
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A playbill from the Washington Square Players' 1917 season
This Washington Square Players playbill credits Holland Hudson as a member of the producing staff. Hudson also variously served as managing director and sometime actor until the dissolution of the Players in 1919.