Steele MacKaye

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Steele MacKaye (1842 - 1894), was a U.S. actor, dramatist, producer, and theater manager.

He was born in Buffalo as James Morrison. He studied dramatic expression in Paris under Françoise 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

[edit] Works

He wrote the plays Monaldi and Marriage. Other works include:

• The Twins (1876)
• Won At Last (1877)
• Through the Dark (1878), later called Money Mad
• Hazel Kirke (1880)
• Anarchy (1887), originally called Paul Kauvar; or Anarchy, later shortened to Anarchy, and then again changed to Paul Kauvar.

[edit] Publications

• Percy Mackaye, Steele Mackaye: A Memoir (New York, 1911)

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