Augustus Thomas

Augustus Thomas
BornJanuary 8, 1857
St. Louis, Missouri, US
DiedAugust 12, 1934(1934-08-12) (aged 77)
Nyack, New York, US
Other namesGus
OccupationPlaywright
Years active1889–1926

Augustus Thomas (January 8, 1857 – August 12, 1934) was an American playwright.

Biography

Born in St. Louis, Missouri and son of a medical doctor, Thomas worked a number of jobs including as a page in the 41st Congress, studying law, and gaining some practical railway work experience before he turned to journalism and became editor of the Kansas City Mirror in 1889. Thomas had been writing since his teens when he wrote plays and even organized a small theatrical touring company.

Thomas was hired to work as an assistant at Pope's Theatre in St. Louis. During this time, he wrote a one-act play called Editha's Burglar, based on a short story by Frances Hodgson Burnett called The Burglar. After touring in the play, he expanded the show to four acts, renamed it The Burglar, and was able to get Maurice Barrymore to play the title role. Subsequently, he was hired to succeed Dion Boucicault adapting foreign plays for the Madison Square Theatre.

His first successful play, Alabama, was produced by Kirke La Shelle in 1891 and its financial reward allowed Thomas to write full-time. Alabama is the story of an un-reconstructed Confederate. Notably, Thomas was one of the first playwrights to make use of American material. Other plays along the same lines include Arizona (1900), In Mizzoura (1893), Colorado (1900) and Rio Grande (1916). Perhaps his most successful play was The Copperhead (1918) which made Lionel Barrymore a star.

Thomas joined The Lambs theatrical club in 1889 and served as its president from 1907 to 1910.

He died in 1934 and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.

Select works

1907 playbill for Arizona
  • Editha's Burglar, 1884
  • The Burglar, 1889
  • A Man of the World, 1889
  • Reckless Temple, 1890
  • A Woman of the World, 1890
  • Alabama, 1891
  • Colonel Carter of Cartersville, 1892
  • In Mizzoura, 1893
  • New Blood, 1894
  • Arizona, 1900
  • Oliver Goldsmith, 1900
  • Colorado, 1900
  • Soldiers of Fortune, 1902 (from 1897 Richard Harding Davis novel)
  • The Earl of Pawtucket, 1903
  • The Other Girl, 1903
  • Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots, 1905
  • The Embassy Ball, 1906[1]
  • The Witching Hour, 1907
  • The Harvest Moon, 1909
  • The Member from Ozark, 1910
  • As a Man Thinks, 1911
  • The Copperhead, 1918
  • Nemesis, 1921
  • The Print of My Remembrance (autobiography), 1922
  • Still Waters, 1926

Select filmography

Poster for The Jungle (1914), directed by Augustus Thomas, George Irving and John H. Pratt

References

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Hartnoll, Phyllis, ed. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th edition. London:Oxford UP, 1983. pps. 827–828.
  • Moody, Richard. "Augustus Thomas". in Banham, Martin, ed. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre, London:Cambridge UP, 1992.
  1. ^ "News of the Theatres". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 8, 1906. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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