| 词条 | John A. Stevens |
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BiographyStevens was born in Baltimore in 1844. In 1865, he went on stage in Norfolk, Virginia, later becoming a manager there. He managed the Memphis Opera House in the early 1870s, and also the Coates Opera House in Kansas City, Missouri from 1871-73. He also started a "Great Western Star Circuit" to travel in western American cities. In 1879 he came to New York City, and took a lease on the Stadt Theatre, which he renamed the Windsor. After a fire destroyed that venue in 1883, he leased another theatre, but returned to the road when that did not succeed. Among his plays were Passion's Slave, Wife for Wife, The Prairie Waif, and Daniel Boone.[2][3] But his best known play was The Unknown: A River Mystery, which he wrote for himself to star in. He debuted the piece in 1878, and played it for many years. According to an 1879 review in The Sun at the Globe Theatre, the play revolves around "a sailor who is sane for fifteen minutes at the opening of the piece and for fifteen minutes more at the close; but during the rest of the five acts is a raving maniac. He is all the while in search of his sister, who is hotly pursued by villains ..."[4] In 1880, he wrote The Prairie Waif for Buffalo Bill, receiving $4,000 for his work. According to Stevens, when he named a price of $5000 to Bill for writing the play, he claimed "Great Omaha! ... Why I never paid more than $500 for a play before." Stevens said he replied "But if you had paid $5,000 before perhaps you would not have needed a new play now."[5] PersonalHe was at one point married to actress Lottie Church, who performed in many of his productions.[6] He married actress Emily Lytton (when he was 43 and she was 19) in 1887; they also later divorced.[7][8] Stevens died in New York City on June 2, 1916, and was buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore. References1. ^(18 June 1916). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/06/18/99440580.pdf JOhn A. Stevens Dead; Once Prominent Actor and Playwright Had a Long Stage Career], The New York Times 2. ^Sagala, Sandra K. Buffalo Bill on Stage, p. 147 (2010) 3. ^Russell, Don. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1qvU4Lq8NAcC&pg=PA286&lpg#v=onepage&q&f=false The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill], 284-85 (1960) 4. ^(28 January 1879). "Unknown" at the Globe, The Sun 5. ^(28 October 1901). Buffalo Bill as a Man of His Word, Saint Paul Globe 6. ^Sorenson, Alfred. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wFAVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA197&lpg=#v=onepage&q&f=false History of Omaha from the Pioneer Days to the Present Time], pp. 196-97 (1889) 7. ^(5 June 1888). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/06/05/106323715.pdf John A. Stevens Seeking Divorce], The New York Times 8. ^(11 October 1896). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/10/11/108254437.pdf Fritz's Marital Troubles], The New York Times External links
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