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Arthur Hornblow
1865–1942
An English-born writer who helped shape American theater writing, he moved easily between criticism, fiction, and playmaking. Best known for editing The Theatre Magazine and for his sweeping history of the stage in the United States, he brought a journalist’s eye and a showman’s energy to everything he wrote.
8 Audiobooks
The Lion and the Mouse: A Story of American Life
by Charles Klein, Arthur Hornblow
The Third Degree: A Narrative of Metropolitan Life
by Charles Klein, Arthur Hornblow
The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
by Charles Klein, Arthur Hornblow
Bought and Paid For; From the Play of George Broadhurst
by Arthur Hornblow, George Howells Broadhurst
By Right of Conquest: A Novel
by Arthur Hornblow
John Marsh's Millions
by Charles Klein, Arthur Hornblow
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
by Arthur Hornblow
The easiest way : a story of metropolitan life
by Eugene Walter, Arthur Hornblow
About the author
Born in Manchester, England, in 1865, he studied in Paris before moving to the United States in 1889 to join the staff of the New York Dramatic Mirror. He later worked as a play reader for producer A. M. Palmer and became a well-known voice in theater journalism.
From 1901 to 1926, he was the founding editor of The Theatre Magazine, a major publication for stage lovers in New York. Alongside editorial work, he wrote novels, plays, and theater books, including A History of the Theatre in America (1919), which remains one of his most noted works.
His career reflects a wide view of theatrical life: not just the plays themselves, but the people, institutions, and culture around them. He died in 1942, leaving behind work that links popular entertainment, criticism, and theater history.