Frederic Lansing Day
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Frederic Lansing Day was an American playwright
b. 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts d. 1982 in New Hampshire
. Frederic Day, the son of Henry Brown Day, the founder of the Day Trust Company, was a Socialist and Unitarian
. He graduated from Yale
in 1908 and married Katharine Munroe (b. 1891 d. 1956) whom he later divorced. They had a home built in Cambridge, Massachusetts
in 1920. He later remarried. Frederic Day worked briefly as a journalist and as an employee in his father's bank. He published at least four plays: The Makers of Light: A Play in Three Parts (1925) originally produced by The 47 Workshop of Harvard and published by Brentano's
, The Slump (1920), also produced by The 47 Workshop, Heaven is Deep, and The fall of the house of Usher: a dramatization in seven scenes of Edgar Allan Poe's short story.
, F.L. Strong, Norman Clark, E.P. Goodnow and Robert Bushnell. It opened at the Neighborhood Playhouse
of New York
, the Little Theater of Cleveland and the Play House of Cleveland.
The dedication to the Makers of Light reads, "To my father; For his affection in spite of disapproval, his loyalty in spite of disbelief."
Playwright
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b. 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts d. 1982 in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. Frederic Day, the son of Henry Brown Day, the founder of the Day Trust Company, was a Socialist and Unitarian
Unitarianism
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. He graduated from Yale
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in 1908 and married Katharine Munroe (b. 1891 d. 1956) whom he later divorced. They had a home built in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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in 1920. He later remarried. Frederic Day worked briefly as a journalist and as an employee in his father's bank. He published at least four plays: The Makers of Light: A Play in Three Parts (1925) originally produced by The 47 Workshop of Harvard and published by Brentano's
Brentano's
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, The Slump (1920), also produced by The 47 Workshop, Heaven is Deep, and The fall of the house of Usher: a dramatization in seven scenes of Edgar Allan Poe's short story.
Makers of Light
Makers of Light is a drama copyrighted by Day in 1920 and published in 1925. It was first shown at the Agassiz House Theater in Cambridge Nov. 25, 1921. The cast consisted of F.C. Packard, Jr., Angela Morris, Edith Coburn Noyes, Dorothy Sands, Oviatt McConnell, Henry Carlton, James DalyJames Daly
James Daly was an American theater, film and television actor born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, who is perhaps best-known for his role as Dr...
, F.L. Strong, Norman Clark, E.P. Goodnow and Robert Bushnell. It opened at the Neighborhood Playhouse
Neighborhood Playhouse
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is an actor training school at 340 East 54th Street in New York City, generally associated with the Meisner technique of Sanford Meisner.-History:...
of New York
New York
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, the Little Theater of Cleveland and the Play House of Cleveland.
"Makers of Light, when originally produced by the 47 Workshop made so deep an impression that later it was played at the Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City. Here it was again praised for its sincerity, subtle characterization of the chief figures and its power. Given at the Little Theater, Clevland, in the winter of 1924, it was revived the following autumn." -Professor George P. Barker
The dedication to the Makers of Light reads, "To my father; For his affection in spite of disapproval, his loyalty in spite of disbelief."