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E. H. Culbertson was a playwright in the United States. His works include Rackey,[1] Billikin's Baby,[2] and Goat Alley.[3]
He was from the southern United States.[4] He worked at newspapers before becoming a playwright.[5]
Goat Alley was about life in a Black slum. It was performed on Broadway in 1921 by the Alhambra Players as their debut show.[6] He was white.[7] It opened at the Bijoi Theatre in 1921.[8] Kenmeth Walton wrote the music for a 1950 adaptation of the play.[9]
He also wrote The End of the Trail.[10][11][12]
In 1910 he copyrighted adaptations of James Fenimore Cooper's novel Last of the Mohicans.[13]
In 1937 he was contracted to write a script for Columbia Broadcasting System's Living Dramas of the Bible series.[14]
He also wrote Too Much Matrimony (1931), Good Evening, Doctor! (1931), and Across the Jordan (1933).[15]
Plays[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Locke, Alain; Gregory, Thomas Montgomery (July 26, 1969). "Plays of Negro life: a source-book of native American drama". Harper and Row – via Library Catalog (Blacklight).
- ^ "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures". U.S. Government Printing Office. July 26, 1921 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Drama Magazine". Drama Corporation. July 26, 1923 – via Google Books.
- ^ http://repo.komazawa-u.ac.jp/opac/repository/all/17334/jkjc032-04.pdf
- ^ "Indianapolis Times 17 March 1928 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
- ^ Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (December 6, 2012). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Routledge. ISBN 9781135455361 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (6 December 2012). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. ISBN 9781135455361.
- ^ ""Goat Alley" Opens June 20". The New York Times. 16 June 1921.
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series". 1950.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (July 26, 1931). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1930". Copyright Office, Library of Congress – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Magazine Subject-index". Boston Book Company. July 26, 1925 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature". H. W. Wilson Company. July 26, 1925 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916". 1918.
- ^ "Religion: God on the Air". Time. 10 May 1937.
- ^ "Ernest Howard Culbertson". Open Library.
- ^ "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. Part 1, group 2". 1914.
- ^ "Ernest Howard Culbertson (Writer)".
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