Bronson Howard

Bronson Howard was born in Detroit in 1842, the son of a merchant who was mayor of the city, and gave up Yale because of eye trouble. A journalist in New York, he became the first American to make a living from writing for the stage. He wrote nearly twenty plays, several of which were taken up and retitled in London, and defended throughout his life the right of authors over their texts. Around 1890 he founded the American Dramatists Club, the country's first lasting association of playwrights, presided over it until his death and died in New Jersey in 1908.

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• TheatreShenandoahBronson Howard · 1888LiteraturePublic domain