Speare, Florence Lewis, 1886-1965.

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Birth 1886
Death 1965

Biographical notes:

Playwright and teacher (Radcliffe, A.B., 1913), Speare founded the Department of Drama and Expression at Goucher College (1919-1920).

From the description of Papers, 1911-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006856

Florence Lewis Speare was a playwright and lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University.

She was born in Brookline, Mass., April 9 1886, studied at Radcliffe College, and later married author and Hopkins alumnus, M. Edmund Speare in 1915. During 1920-1921, Mrs. Speare was a lecturer in the Dept. of English at Hopkins where she presented a series of lectures on modern American and English drama and dramatists. Her published plays included "The Demonstrator," The Lady with the Lamp," and "The Extra Girl." Florence Lewis Speare died in Washington D.C., May 3, 1965.

From the description of Florence Lewis Speare papers, 1920-1921. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 49310154

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  • Theater
  • American drama
  • English drama

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