| 词条 | John Augustus Stone |
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| name = John Augustus Stone | image = John Stone-1999.27.11 (2).jpg | alt = John Augustus Stone | caption = John Stone by Jacob Eichholtz | birth_date = {{Birth date|1801|12|15}} | birth_place = Concord, Massachusetts | death_date = {{Death date and age|1834|6|1|1801|12|15}} | death_place = Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania | death_cause = Suicide | resting_place = Machpelah Cemetery, Philadelphia | nationality = American | occupation = Actor, Dramatist, and Playwright | known_for = Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags }}John Augustus Stone (December 15, 1801 Concord, Massachusetts{{spaced ndash}}June 1, 1834 Philadelphia) was an American actor, dramatist, and playwright, best known as the author of Metamora; or, The Last of the Wampanoags.[1] BiographyHe appeared on the New York stage beginning in 1822. He wrote Metamora, as a vehicle for Edwin Forrest, who offered as a prize $500 and half the proceeds of the third night.[2] William Cullen Bryant headed a committee which chose Stone's play as the best of 14 submitted.[2] The play, first produced in 1829, told the life of King Philip. He married Mrs. Amelia Greene Legge, an actress. She later married Nathaniel Harrington Bannister.[3] Stone suffered periods of insanity and he committed suicide by jumping into the Schuylkill River.[4] He was buried at Machpelah Cemetery in Philadelphia. That cemetery was closed in 1895 and the bodies moved to North Mount Moriah Cemetery (AKA Graceland)in Yeadon PA, which is not affiliated with the nearby Mount Moriah Cemetery, which was later abandoned. His grave at Machpelah was marked by a monument erected by Forrest.[4] The inscription reads: "Erected to the memory of the author of 'Metamora' by his friend, Edwin Forrest". Some sources cite Forrest's success with Stone's plays and his paltry remuneration as causing his suicide. WorksIn addition to Metamora, Stone wrote a number of other plays:
None of them enjoyed Metamora's success. References1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=Cjs_AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA199&dq=John+Augustus+Stone&hl=en&ei=mNEeTJ6LHcSblgei7YXWDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=John%20Augustus%20Stone&f=false Personal recollections of the drama: or Theatrical reminiscences], Henry Dickinson Stone, C. Van Benthuysen & sons, 1873 2. ^1 {{Cite DAB|title=Stone, John Augustus|year=1936|author=Arthur Hobson Quinn}} 3. ^http://www.jmisc.net/BIOG-S.htm 4. ^1 Ehrlich, Eugene and Gorton Carruth. The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982: 205. {{ISBN|0-19-503186-5}} 5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=8EsOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA975&lpg=PA975&dq=John+Augustus+Stone&source=bl&ots=qgbuad-KPj&sig=YTf58f-WAiZSDoiKn1CxJvkG1vk&hl=en&ei=eqQeTN7lEYHGlQfPl8ScDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=John%20Augustus%20Stone&f=false History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884], Volume 2, John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.kouroo.info/general/JohnAugustusStone.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-06-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617071150/http://www.kouroo.info/general/JohnAugustusStone.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-17 |df= }} 7. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=-xPZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA246&dq=John+Augustus+Stone&hl=en&ei=MNQeTLuINYH7lwe1l9nuDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=John%20Augustus%20Stone&f=false The Knickerbocker], Volume 4, Peabody & Co., 1834 External links
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