Mr. Van Loon has made a place in literature by The Story of Mankind, 1921. Cf. Book Review Digest, 1921.
Born at Augusta, Kentucky. A. B., University of Cincinnati, 1902. Studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Play-reader, actor, and stage manager with David Belasco ([q. v.]), 1909-14. Originator of the Portmanteau Theatre, 1914, and since 1915 his own producer.
Bibliography
- Portmanteau Plays. 1917. (The Triplet, Nevertheless, The Medicine Show, Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil.)
- More Portmanteau Plays. 1919. (The Lady of the Weeping Willow Tree, The Very Naked Boy, Jonathan Makes a Wish.)
- Portmanteau Adaptations. 1920.
- Sir David Wears a Crown. 1922.
Studies and Reviews
- New Repub. 13 (’17): 222; 21 (’19): 60.
- See also Book Review Digest, 1919.
Born at Cleveland, Ohio, 1874. Educated in the public schools. Political and general news reporter on various newspapers in Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, Seattle, and New York. Business manager of theatrical and amusement enterprises, ranging from minstrels and circuses to symphony orchestras and grand opera companies. Served in the Spanish War. His most successful play, The Easiest Way (1908), is printed by Dickinson, Chief Contemporary Dramatists, 1915, and by Moses, Representative Plays by American Dramatists, 1918-21, III.