Research topic: George Pierce Baker

Related pictures

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Rate these pictures

George Pierce Baker

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
George Pierce Baker 1866-1935, American educator, b. Providence, R.I., grad. Harvard, 1887. He taught (1888-1924) in the English department at Harvard and there conceived and instituted (1906) the 47 Workshop, a class on playwriting techniques and a laboratory of experimental productions. The first of its kind, the workshop was an inspiration to many young dramatists and gave impetus to the movement toward campus theater. In 1925 he went to Yale, where as professor of the history and technique of drama and director of the university theater he continued his work. Baker wrote The Development... Read more
Baker, George Pierce
Baker, George Pierce (1866–1935), theatre scholar...he graduated from Harvard in 1887. Baker returned to teach there in 1905, sponsoring...Modern American Plays (1920). Biography: George Pierce Baker and the American Theatre , Wisner Payne... Read more
Baker, George Pierce
Baker, George Pierce (1866–1935), one of the most vital influences in the formation of modern American dramatic literature and theatre, and the...his tuition. Among the playwrights who attended his special courses were Edward Sheldon , Eugene O'Neill , Sidney Howard , and George Abbott . In ... Read more

Related research topics

Online videos

B&B's male cast - Handsome Man

Free newspaper and magazine articles

Free Article George Clifford Wright.(DEATHS)
Free Article Barbara Bush: A Memoir.
Free Article Inn memoriam.(Letters)(From berry cobbler to Clark Gable to storms and walks along the river, patrons recall the good times at the Log Cabin Inn)(Letter to the editor)

For Students and teachers!

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: