Mary Hunter Wolf (December 4, 1904 – November 3, 2000), born Mary Hunter, was an American theater director and

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. She made her Broadway directorial debut on 4 April 1944 at the

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with ''Only the Heart'', the first play written by Horton Foote. She was director of the initial 1954 Broadway production of

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' version of '' Peter Pan'', now the standard version on the American stage, and was founding executive director of the American Shakespeare Theatre in

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References

* *Variety Staff
Mary Hunter Wolf
(obituary), '' Variety'', Nov 10, 2000.

External links

* Mary Hunter Wolf Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. American theatre directors American women theatre directors 1904 births 2000 deaths {{theat-director-stub