James Light (cricketer)
*James Light may refer to: * James Light (cricketer) (b. 1803), English cricketer *James Light (director) (1895-1964), American theatre director and actor *James F. Light James F. Light (1921-2002) was an American literary scholar, university vice president, and provost. During his academic career, he helped revive the works of satirist Nathanael West, with the first book length critical study of West's work, ''Nat ...

James Light (director)
James Light (1894 – February 11, 1964) was an American theatre director, actor, and educator. He is best remembered as a champion of the playwright Eugene O'Neill, and he directed many of his plays both on Broadway and in regional theaters. He was a member of the Provincetown Players, and he succeeded George Cram Cook as director of that organization in 1922. During the Great Depression, he was director of the "Philadelphia Black Unit" of the Federal Theatre Project; an organization dedicated to fighting racial discrimination in hiring practices in the American theatre by producing plays with all-black casts. He taught on the faculties of the Yale School of Drama and The New School for Social Research; serving as the dean of the drama school at the latter institution from 1939 to 1942. Early life and education Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1894,Cowley, p. 699 Light was the son of an English building contractor who was working on a project in Pittsburgh at the time ...
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