Stone, John Augustus
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Stone, John Augustus (1800–34), playwright and actor. This once admired dramatist was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and made his debut as an actor in Boston in 1821 as Old Norval in
Douglas. Despite his youth, Stone specialized thereafter in old men's parts. Without ever becoming a star he played in New York regularly from 1822 to 1831 and then moved to Philadelphia. Responding to Edwin
Forrest's 1828 offer of a $500 prize for “the best tragedy, in five acts, of which the hero, or principal character, shall be an aboriginal of this country,” Stone wrote
Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags (1829), which gave Forrest one of his greatest successes. His other plays included
Tancred, King of Sicily; or, The Archives of Palermo (1831),
The Demoniac; or, The Prophet's Bride (1831), a revision of J. K.
Paulding's
The Lion of the West (1831),
The Ancient Briton (1833), and
The Knight of the Golden Fleece; or, The Yankee of Spain (1834). Several other plays are said to have been performed, but only the scantiest records of them survive. In ill health and despondent, Stone committed suicide by drowning in the Schuylkill River. Although one obituary noted, “Mr. Stone has contributed more, both as author and performer, to raise the character of the stage, than any other native American,” his work retains only historical interest.
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Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Cuno Amiet
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symbolism
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