Clay M. Greene
Clay Meredith Greene (born March 12, 1850 in San Francisco , † September 5, 1933 in San Francisco) was an American writer.
Greene was already active in his youth as an actor and occasionally the author of small plays and burlesque. In 1867 he went to Santa Clara College , where he should study law or medicine, but continued to be more interested in the theater. From 1870 he worked in San Francisco as a journalist for The Golden Era and for The Argonaut . In 1878 he went to New York, where he was particularly successful as a playwright. Seventeen of his thirty-three plays were performed on Broadway alone .
Pieces such as M'liss , Struck Oil , Blue Beard , Little Trooper and The Golden Giant became known . In the 1910s, numerous silent films were made based on his scripts. Greene also wrote libretti for operas (including Bluebeard, Jr. 1889; The Maid of Plymouth , music by Thomas Pearsall Thorne , 1893; In Gay Paree , 1899) and published poems ( Verses of love, sentiment and friendship ).
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- Santa Clara University, University Library - Early California Settlers and Immigrants Resources: Clay M. Greene
- The Oxford Companion to American Theater - Greene, Clay M (eredith) (1850-1933), playwright
- Clay M. Greene in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Web links
- Literature by and about Clay M. Greene in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greene, Clay M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Greene, Clay Meredith (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American playwright, librettist, poet, and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1933 |
| Place of death | San Francisco |