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Walter, Eugene
Walter, Eugene (1874–1941), American dramatist, author of 20 plays, the best of which, though somewhat melodramatic, seemed to point the way towards a more realistic and sober approach to social problems by contemporary American playwrights. They included Paid in Full (1908), in which a wife gets her husband cleared of embezzlement, but in doing so comes to despise him; and The Easiest Way (1909), about a kept woman who loses a chance to break free. Walter failed to live up to his early promise, and his later plays are negligible. Among them were dramatizations of two popular novels by John Fox, Jr, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1912) and The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1916).
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Walter, Eugene." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Walter, Eugene." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-WalterEugene.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Walter, Eugene." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-WalterEugene.html |
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Walter, Eugene
Walter, Eugene (1874–1941), playwright. The Cleveland native served as a newsman and theatrical advance agent before writing his first play, followed by some two dozen others to reach Broadway. The best were a pair of melodramas that were perceived as bringing a fresh note of stark realism to the theatre of their time: Paid in Full (1908) and The Easiest Way (1909). Although Walter never lived up to the promise of these early plays, several later works were not without merit: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1912), Fine Feathers (1913), and Just a Woman (1916). He also wrote the book How to Write a Play (1925).
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Walter, Eugene." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Walter, Eugene." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-WalterEugene.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Walter, Eugene." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-WalterEugene.html |
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Walter, Eugene
Walter, Eugene (1874–1941), born in Cleveland, was the author of 16 plays during his heyday (1902–21), which included Paid in Full (1908), The Easiest Way (1909), and Fine Feathers (1911), successful melodramas that were considered steps in the direction of realistic drama. He dramatized John Fox's The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1911) and The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1916), and analyzed his technique in How to Write a Play (1925).
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Walter, Eugene." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Walter, Eugene." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-WalterEugene.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Walter, Eugene." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-WalterEugene.html |
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