AMES, WINTHROP

(1871), an American theatrical producer and manager, b. in North Easton, Ma . He graduated from Harvard University, in 1895, then, after a year’s postgraduate work, went into the general publishing busine , later becoming interested in the publication-of books on art and architecture. In 1904 he took up the management of the_ Castle Square Theatre in Boston. Here he acquired such a reputation for his high standards that when, in 1908, the New Theatre was organized in New York City with the financial backing of wealthy people who sought to raise the dramatic tastes of the public, he was invited to take over the management. After the financial failure of the enter-' prise, in 1911, he took over the management of the Booth Theatre, where he remained until 1922, in the fall of which year he produced ‘Will Shakespeare,’ in the National Theatre.