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Edwin Milton Royle
1862–1942
A prolific American playwright with a strong feel for stage drama, he is best remembered for The Squaw Man, a hit play that later became one of the earliest Hollywood landmarks. His career linked the worlds of theater, publishing, and early film adaptation.
2 Audiobooks
The Silent Call
by Edwin Milton Royle
The Squaw Man: A Novel
by Julie Opp, Edwin Milton Royle
About the author
Edwin Milton Royle (March 2, 1862 – February 16, 1942) was an American playwright born in Lexington, Missouri, who went on to have more than 30 plays produced. His best-known work, The Squaw Man (1905), became especially notable when it was adapted into the 1914 film often described as an early Hollywood milestone.
Before settling fully into writing, Royle studied at Princeton and also attended Columbia Law School, but he turned instead toward the stage. In addition to writing plays, he worked as an actor and later published Edwin Booth as I Knew Him (1933), showing his close connection to the American theater world.
He died in New York City in 1942. Royle is also remembered as the father of actress Selena Royle, and his work remains tied to the period when popular stage plays were beginning to shape the new art of motion pictures.