Steele Mackaye
Published: 2007-08-01
Total Pages: 172
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Steele Mackaye (1842-1894), was an American actor, dramatist, producer, and theater manager. He was born in Buffalo as James Morrison. He studied dramatic expression in Paris under Francois Delsarte and on his return lectured in New York and Boston. He founded the Lyceum Theater, and was father to Percy MacKaye and Benton Mackaye He wrote the plays Monaldi and Marriage. Other works include: The Twins (1876), Won at Last (1877), Through the Dark (1878), Hazel Kirke (1880), and Anarchy (1887), originally called Paul Kauvar; or Anarchy, later shortened to Anarchy, and then again changed to Paul Kauvar.