Joseph Arthur (playwright)

Joseph Arthur
Born1848 (1848)
Centerville, Indiana
DiedFebruary 20, 1906(1906-02-20) (aged 57–58)
SpouseCharlotte Cobb
Parent(s)John C. and Margaret Hill Smith

Joseph Arthur (1848 – February 20, 1906) was an American playwright best known for his popular (though not critically acclaimed) melodramatic plays of the 1880s and 1890s, including The Still Alarm (1887) and Blue Jeans (1890).[1][2][3]

  1. ^ (21 February 1906). Playwright Arthur Is Dead: He Wrote "The Still Alarm" and Other Melodramas, and Died Rich, The New York Times
  2. ^ Shumaker, Arthur Wesley. A history of Indiana literature, p. 498-500 (1962)
  3. ^ (6 October 1900). Joseph Arthur to Retire, The New York Times