James Knox Tillotson (April 16, 1845 – October 23, 1907) was an American playwright and businessman. His plays included '' The Planter's Wife'', ''Queena'', ''Lynwood'' and ''A Young Wife''.(28 October 1907)
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''Oshkosh Northwestern'' ''The Planter's Wife'', written for Charlotte Thompson, appeared in Chicago by early 1883, and ran on Broadway by April of the same year, and played far and wide over the ensuing decade as one of the most popular "spectacular plantation dramas" of the day.Gaines, Francis Pendleton
The Southern Plantation: A Study in the Development and the Accuracy of a Tradition
p. 122 (1924)Maude Adams: Idol of American Theater, 1872-1953
pp. 46-47 (2004) Tillotson's ''A Gilded Crime'' was performed to great acclaim at the

Elitch Theatre The Historic Elitch Theatre is located at the original Elitch Gardens site in northwest Denver, Colorado. Opened in 1890, it was centerpiece of the park that was the first zoo west of Chicago. The theatre was Denver's first professional theatre ...

in 1896. "A Gilded Crime seemed to please the audiences greatly." His daughter was the American operatic soprano

Queena Mario Queena Marian Tillotson (August 21, 1896 – May 28, 1951), known professionally as Queena Mario, was an American soprano opera singer, newspaper columnist, voice teacher, and fiction writer. Early life Queena Marian Tillotson was born in Akron ...

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