Edward Sheldon(1886-1946)

Edward Sheldon was born on 4 February 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for On the High Seas (1922), Romance (1930) and A Coney Island Princess (1916). He died on 1 April 1946 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Alternative names
- E.B. Sheldon
Born
- February 4, 1886
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
- April 1, 1946
- New York City, New York, USA(coronary thrombosis)
Other works
Stage: Wrote "The High Road", produced on Broadway. Melodrama. Directed produced by Harrison Grey Fiske and Minnie Maddern Fiske (credited as Mrs. Fiske). Hudson Theatre: 19 Nov 1912-Jan 1913 (closing date unknown/71 performances). Cast: A.S. 'Pop' Byron (as "John Stephen Maddock"), Minnie Maddern Fiske (credited as Mrs. Fiske; as "Mary Page"), Frederick Perry (as "Winfield Barnes"), Aldrich Bowker (as "Cornelius Murray"; Broadway debut), Barrett Clark (as "Harvey Lawrence"), Charles Fisher (as "Mr. Page"), Harry J. Holliday (as "Scott"), Lewis Howard (as "Martin Denison"), Nina Melville (as "Esther"), Joseph Selman (as "Leslie Farley"), F. Van Rensaelaer (as "James R. Kenyon"), Charles Waldron (as "Alan Wilson"). NOTE: Filmed as The High Road (1915).
Publicity listings
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Trivia
Important playwright of the early 20th century. He suffered from arthritis from the late 1910s; he eventually went blind and spent his last 20 years as an invalid. He was sought out for writing advice by many luminaries of the '30s and '40s such as Thornton Wilder, Alexander Woollcott, Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Ruth Gordon. His life is recounted in "The Man Who Lived Twice" by Eric Barnes.