Audrey Wood

Wood, Audrey (1905–86), agent. Considered by many to have been the preeminent playwrights' agent of her day, she was born in New York, daughter of the first manager of the Palace Theatre. In 1937 she and her husband, William Liebling (1894–1969), founded Liebling‐Wood, Inc., with Liebling representing actors' interests. Almost immediately their labors for clients bore fruit with Room Service. After the agency was dissolved in 1954, Wood worked alone. Among her clients were Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Robert Anderson, and Arthur Kopit.