Edward Everett Rose (February 11, 1862 - April 2, 1939) was an

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playwright. He adapted a number of popular novels into plays, including ''

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'', ''

Richard Carvel ''Richard Carvel'' is a historical novel by the American novelist Winston Churchill. It was first published in 1899 and was exceptionally successful, selling around two million copies and making the author a rich man. The novel takes the form of th ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The Rosary''.

Life

Rose was born in

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, and graduated from Chauncy Hall School in Boston in 1881, and studied for two years at

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. He died in

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on April 2, 1939, survived by his wife, actress Dorothy Stanton and his daughter

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, who became an actress and screenwriter.

Works

Two of his early plays which drew some attention were ''The Westerner'' for Al. Lipmann and ''Captain Paul'' for

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in the mid-1890s. He also was a stage director for some

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productions.Briscoe, Johnson
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p. 51 (1908) His numerous adaptions of best-selling novels into plays starting around 1900 to capitalize on their success were not necessarily intended to be productions of high quality. In response to his adaption of ''

'' in 1901, for example, it was said that "the mills of Edward E. Rose, dramatizer, are not like those of the famous proverb, for they grind rapidly and not exceeding fine."(3 December 1901)
Alice of Old Vicennes: Miss Harned Does Good Acting in an Ordinary Play
''

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was so unimpressed with his version of her novel ''

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'' that she tried to take out an injunction against the "illiterate melodrama" as she called it.''Los Angeles Herald'', Volume 604, Number 8, 8 October 1899, p.13 His adaptation of a

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story into the 1919 production ''

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'' was intended as satire of the melodramas which were popular in the early part of the 20th century.

Legacy

As his ''New York Times'' obituary pointed out, he should not be confused with British playwright

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(1849–1904), who dramatized ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order ...

''.(3 April 1939)
EDWARD E. ROSE, 77, PLAYWRIGHT, IS DEAD; Dramatized 'Janice Meredith,' 'Richard Carvel,' 'David Harum'
''

'' Edward Everett typically marketed himself under the name "Edward E. Rose", unlike the British writer. The ''Rue Edward Rose'' or Rose Street in

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, Quebec is named for him.(16 April 1997)
The Date of the Rose
''Stanstead Journal''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Edward Everett 1862 births 1939 deaths People from Estrie Writers from Quebec 19th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights Canadian emigrants to the United States 19th-century American male writers 20th-century American male writers Chapel Hill – Chauncy Hall School alumni