Born at St. Louis, Missouri, 1859. Son of the director of a theatre in New Orleans. As a boy often went to plays; began to write them at fourteen; at sixteen or seventeen, organized an amateur company. Educated in the St. Louis public schools. Page in the 41st Congress. Honorary A. M., Williams, 1914. Studied law two years; had six years of experience in railroading. Special writer, and illustrator on St. Louis, Kansas City, and New York newspapers.
Bibliography
- Alabama. 1905.
- The Witching Hour. 1908. (Also, Dickinson, Chief Contemporary Dramatists, 1915.)
- As a Man Thinks. 1911. (Also, Baker, Modern American Plays. 1920.)
- Arizona. 1914.
- In Mizzoura. 1916. (Also, Moses, Representative Plays by American Dramatists, 1918-21, III.)
- For bibliography of unpublished plays, cf. Cambridge, III (IV), 771.
Studies and Reviews
- Boynton.
- Eaton, W. P. Plays and Players. 1916
- —— —— At the New Theatre. 1910.
- Moses.
- Bookm. 33 (’11): 353 (portrait), 354.
- Collier’s, 44 (’09): 23.
- Cur. Lit. 39 (’05): 544; 46 (’09): 544. (Portraits.)
- Cur. Op. 64 (’18): 183.
- Everybody’s, 25 (’11): 681 (portrait).
- Forum, 39 (’08): 366; 40 (’08): 43; 42 (’09): 575.
- Ind. 61 (’06): 737 (portrait).
- Outlook, 94 (’10): 212 (portrait); 110 (’15): 836, 865 (portrait).
- Scrib. M. 55 (’14): 275 (portrait).
- World’s Work, 18 (’09): 11850 (portrait), 11882. (Van Wyck Brooks.)
Eunice Tietjens (Mrs. Cloyd Head)—poet.
Born at Chicago, 1884. Married Paul Tietjens, the composer, 1904; Cloyd Head, the writer, 1920. Associate editor of Poetry, 1914, 1916. War correspondent in France, 1917-8.
Mrs. Tietjens’ Profiles from China is based upon her experience as an observer of life in China.
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