Edward Peple
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Biography
Born in Richmond, Virginia, Peple was educated John S. McGuire's academy in Richmond. He trained and worked as a lawyer, mainly with the American Bridge Company until 1912. In 1895, he moved to New Jersey. His first play was A Broken Rose. His play The Prince Chain opened in 1895 and ran for two seasons with Cyril Scott playing the lead.[1][2][3]
Peple died on the morning of July 28, 1924, at his residence in the Hotel Royalton after suffering a heart attack the evening before.[3] He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.[4]
Works
Plays
- A Broken Rosary
- The Prince Chap, New York : S. French 1904
- The Love Route
- The Silver Girl
- Semiramis, 1907
- The Littlest Rebel New York : S. French 1911
- A Pair of Sixes, 1914
Books
- A Night Out, 1909
- The Littlest Rebel New York, Moffat, Yard 1911
References
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- ↑ Herringshaw, Thomas William. 1914. p. 428. Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ↑ Who's Who on the Stage. 2nd ed. 1908.
- ↑ a b Edward H. Peple Dead. The New York Times. July 29, 1924. p. 15.
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- 1869 births
- 1924 deaths
- 19th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century American male writers
- American comedy writers
- American male dramatists and playwrights
- Broadway theatre people
- Burials at Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)
- Midtown Manhattan
- Writers from Manhattan
- Writers from New Jersey
- Writers from Richmond, Virginia