George Aiken (playwright)

George Aiken
Born (1830-12-19)December 19, 1830
Boston, Massachusetts
Died April 27, 1876(1876-04-27) (aged 45)
Jersey City, New Jersey
Resting place Mount Auburn Cemetery[1]
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Occupation Stage actor

George L. Aiken (December 19, 1830  April 27, 1876) was a nineteenth-century American playwright and actor who is best known for writing the most popular of the numerous stage adaptations of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Aiken was a writer of dime novels before he turned to theatre. He became an actor in the troupe of his cousin, George C. Howard. In 1852, shortly after the publication of Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Aiken wrote his stage adaptation. It was performed by Howard's company, with Aiken playing the hero, George Harris. The play become a spectacular success. His other works include a dramatization of Ann S. Stephen's novel The Old Homestead. He retired from the stage in 1867.

References

  1. "Map | Mount Auburn Cemetery". Mountauburn.org. Retrieved 2012-09-01.


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