|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
Mitchell, Langdon (Elwyn)
Mitchell, Langdon [Elwyn] (1862–1935), playwright. The son of the famous Philadelphia physician and novelist, S. Weir Mitchell, he received much of his education abroad but returned to study law at Harvard and Columbia and in 1886 was admitted to the New York bar. A year later his first play, the romantic tragedy Sylvian, was produced and failed, but he gave up the law all the same and continued to write plays, many of which were dramatizations of novels, such as Becky Sharp (1899) from Vanity Fair, The Adventures of François (1900), The Kreutzer Sonata (1906), and Major Pendennis (1916) from Thackeray. Only one of Mitchell's original plays is significant, but it remains one of the classic social satires of American stage literature, The New York Idea (1906). In 1928 he became the first Professor of Playwriting at the University of Pennsylvania.
|
|
|
Cite this article
Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Mitchell, Langdon (Elwyn)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Mitchell, Langdon (Elwyn)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-MitchellLangdonElwyn.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Mitchell, Langdon (Elwyn)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-MitchellLangdonElwyn.html |
|
Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn
Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn (1862–1933), American poet and playwright, who in 1899 dramatized Thackeray's Vanity Fair for Mrs Fiske under the title Becky Sharp. It was a great success, and was frequently revived. His finest play, however, was The New York Idea (1906), a satire on divorce, also produced by Mrs Fiske with a remarkable cast. It was translated into German (directed by Max Reinhardt), and into Dutch, Swedish, and Hungarian. In the same year Mitchell translated The Kreutzer Sonata from the Yiddish of Jacob Gordin, and in 1916 he dramatized Thackeray's Pendennis for John Drew. He left a number of unfinished plays in manuscript. In 1928 he became the first Professor of Playwriting at the University of Pennsylvania.
|
|
|
Cite this article
PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-MitchellLangdonElwyn.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-MitchellLangdonElwyn.html |
|
Mitchell, Langdon (Elwyn)
Mitchell, Langdon [Elwyn] (1862–1935),son of S. Weir Mitchell, was born in Philadelphia, and began his career as a dramatist with Sylvian (1885), a romantic tragedy. His most important play is The New York Idea (1906), a problem drama exposing frivolous attitudes toward love and marriage. Mitchell also made stage adaptations of novels, including Becky Sharp (1899), from Thackeray's Vanity Fair; The Adventures of François (1900), from his father's novel; and Major Pendennis (1916), from Thackeray's Pendennis. Understanding America (1927) is a book of essays.
|
|
|
Cite this article
James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Mitchell, Langdon (Elwyn)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Mitchell, Langdon (Elwyn)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MitchellLangdonElwyn.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Mitchell, Langdon (Elwyn)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MitchellLangdonElwyn.html |
|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
