Langdon Elwyn Mitchell
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Langdon Elwyn Mitchell was an American
playwright
, son of S. Weir Mitchell
and grandson of John Kearsley Mitchell
. Born in Philadelphia
, he studied in Dresden
and Paris
, attended the Harvard
and Columbia
law schools, and was admitted to the New York
bar
in 1886.
He wrote under the pen name of John Philip Varley, and his plays include:
His books include:
Mitchell became a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
United States
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playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, son of S. Weir Mitchell
Silas Weir Mitchell
Silas Weir Mitchell was an American physician and writer.He was son of a physician, John Kearsley Mitchell , and was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
and grandson of John Kearsley Mitchell
John Kearsley Mitchell
John Kearsley Mitchell was an American physician and writer, born in Shepherdstown, Virginia . He graduated from the Medical College of the University of Pennsylvania in 1819. Before he went to Philadelphia to practice his profession, he made three voyages to the Far East as ship's surgeon...
. Born in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, he studied in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, attended the Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and Columbia
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
law schools, and was admitted to the New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
bar
Bar association
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in 1886.
He wrote under the pen name of John Philip Varley, and his plays include:
- In the Season (London, 1893)
- Becky Sharp (1899), a dramatization of Thackeray'sWilliam Makepeace ThackerayWilliam Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.-Biography:...
Vanity Fair - A Kentucky Belle
- Step by Step
- The New Marriage
- The New York Idea (London, 1907)
- The Kreutzer Sonata, adapted from the YiddishYiddish languageYiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
of Jacob GordinJacob Michailovitch GordinJacob Michailovitch Gordin was a Russian-born American playwright active in the early years of Yiddish theater. He is known for introducing realism and naturalism into Yiddish theater....
.
His books include:
- Sylvan and Other Poems (1884)
- Poems (1894)
- Love in the Backwoods (1896)
Mitchell became a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.