Wright, Edward A.

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Wright, Edward A.

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Wright, Edward Arlington

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1986

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Educator, lecturer and performer. Beginning in 1922 Wright toured the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Far East presenting over 5000 performances of character sketches, impersonations and storytelling. Billed as "The Boy Impersonator," he toured with the Chautauqua summer circuit and the Lyceum winter circuit as a student of Elias Day. From 1937-67, Wright was chairman of the Dept. of Theatre, Denison University (Granville, Ohio). Author of A primer for playgoers and Understanding today's theatre.

From the description of Theater collection, [ca. 1856-ca.1986] (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 21242040

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