Margaret Macnamara

Margaret Macnamara (born Margaret Mary Mack; 1874 – 1950) was a British playwright and suffragist whose work promoted feminist, pacifist and socialist values and opposition to eugenics.

Biography Macnamara was born Margaret Mary Mack in 1874, later changing her name to Macnamara. The family lived at various places in Kent and Sussex. Macnamara and her sister Helena Mack took on domestic and childcare responsibilities in the home and cared for their elderly parents. In Safety has pacifist themes. Macnamara's plays were performed in the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

Macnamara held numerous positions in the theatrical world. In 1933 she was appointed Honorary Research Secretary of the Old Vic and was one of the first professional dramaturgs.

Plays The Gates of the Morning (1908) Our Little Fancies (1911) A Masque of Fashion (1912) - a pageant - from The mill on the Floss by George Eliot In Safety (1924) - a masque The Tall, Tall Castle (1927) - adapted from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Elizabeth Refuses (1947) - an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Wives and Daughters (1947?) - an adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel of the same name