African Americans on Martha's Vineyard by Thomas Dresser

Author:Thomas Dresser
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

Liz White is in her element on stage during a performance of Rain by the Shearer Summer Theatre. Photo by William Bowles; courtesy of Olive Bowles Tomlinson.

Harry T. Burleigh posed at the Gay Head Lighthouse with Eugenia Jordan, Dorothy West and Helene Johnson (mother of Abigail McGrath) to his left, respectively. In front are John and Tom Mosely. Even in the 1930s, it was a popular place to go. Courtesy of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.

The high point of the Shearer Summer Theatre, clearly, was the staging of Othello. Cutie Bowles played Emelia and sewed her own gown. All the actresses made their own outfits. “Othello was so good, so special,” said Olive. “Twin Cottages had a front porch and balcony, and we used the pathways and the top floor with a widow’s walk. Grand setting. It was a labor of love in terms of everyone who took part. Liz White put it together. Did it all.” She paused. “‘The moor has killed thy mistress,’ my mother yelled, running through the trees and the audience. Liz White wanted to film it. She did it, but it took her twenty years.”

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