Martha Henry
Martha Henry was a company member of the Stratford Festival, on and off, since 1962. Ms. Henry was born on February 17, 1938, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress and director, known for Great Performances (1971), Dancing in the Dark (1986) and Three Tall Women (2022). She died on October 21, 2021, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Stratford: Director of Henry VIII, Twelfth Night (Sarah Afful), All My Sons (Joseph Ziegler, Lucy Peacock), She Stoops to Conquer (Maev Beaty, Brad Hodder), Mother Courage and Her Children (Seana McKenna), Measure for Measure (Geraint Wyn Davies, Stephen Ouimette), Three Sisters (Lucy Peacock), Of Mice and Men (Graham Greene), Timothy Findley’s Elizabeth Rex (Diane D’Aquila, Brent Carver), Antony and Cleopatra (Peter Donaldson, Diane D’Aquila), Richard II (Geordie Johnson), Richard III (Tom McCamus), An Enemy of the People (David Fox), Brief Lives (Douglas Rain). Head of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction. For Director: Stratford’s Birmingham Conservatory, 2007-17. Elsewhere: Artistic Director: London’s Grand Theatre, 1988-94. Directed across Canada. Awards: Ms. Henry has been honoured with Stratford’s Legacy Award, Governor General’s Lifetime Achievement Award and seven honorary doctorates. Member of the Order of Ontario, Companion of the Order of Canada.
