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Life Timeline (1950-1951)

1950		The Member of the Wedding opens on Broadway on January 5; wins Drama Critics' Circle Award and Donaldson Awaard. In spring moves with Reeves temporarily into the Dakota building at 72nd Street and Central Park West. "The Vision Shared" published in April Theatre Arts. Reunited with former piano teacher Mary Tucker on April 24. "The Sojourner" published in May Mademoiselle. Sails for Ireland on May 20 to visit Elizabeth Bowen. Reeves flies to meet Carson in London in early June. Returns in July to Bowen Court to visit Elizabeth Bowen. On August 2, returns with Reeves to New York and separate. Reeves takes an apratment and Carson stays with friends in New York City. Carson visits Tucker family in Virginia during fall.
1951		Screen rights to The Member of the Wedding sold to Stanley Kramer. Buys Nyack home from mother in March. The Member of the Wedding closes on March 17 after 501 performances. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Works published by Houghton Mifflin on May 24. Carson (and Reeves as stowaway) sail on the Queen ELizabeth for England on June 28. Visits Edith SItwell in London. Returns to America in October. Begins work in fall on "The Pestle" (part of the novel Clock Without Hands). In December completes poem, "The Dual Angel," and begins works on Clock Without Hands. Travels to New Orleans.

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