Albert W. Aiken
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American actor and playwright
Albert W. Aiken (1846–1894) was an American actor and writer of plays and dime novels.[1] He was a prolific writer of pulp fiction for Beadle and Adams.[2]
His plays included The Witches of New York.[3] [4]
Aiken was the younger brother of George Aiken, best known for his popular adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin for the stage, and was also a cousin of the famous clown George Fox.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b The House of Beadle and Adams, Northern Illinois University Libraries, Retrieved 6 August 2020
- ^ Pecek, Louis George The Beadle Story Papers, 1870-1897, p. 52 (1959)
- ^ (8 November 1869). A New Star, Wheeling Daily Register, p. 3, col. 3.
- ^ (7 November 1872). Albert W. Aiken, Daily State Journal (Alexandria, Virginia), p. 1, col. 4.
External links
[edit ]- The Brigand Captain, or The Prairie Pathfinder (1877) (via archive.org)
- Gold Dan, or Dick Talbot in Utah (1898) (via archive.org)
- Works by Albert W. Aiken at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Stub icon
This article about an American playwright is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
