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George Henry Trader
d. 1951
An English-born stage actor, director, and playwright, he built a long career in the theater before publishing one-act plays of his own. His surviving work has a light, literary quality, including a fantasy that brings Shakespeare’s heroines together in conversation.
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Shakespeare's daughters : A fantasy in one scene
by George Henry Trader
About the author
Born in Sunderland, England, George Henry Trader was active in the theater world as both a performer and a director. Reference listings from Broadway and film databases place his career in the early 20th century and show that he also appeared on screen, including in the 1916 film Whoso Findeth a Wife.
Trader also wrote for the stage. His works include Shakespeare's Daughters: A Fantasy in One Scene, now available through Project Gutenberg, and The Boat Builders: A One Act Comedy of Youth and Mystery. Those titles suggest the kind of writing he is remembered for today: compact theatrical pieces with a literary, imaginative bent.
He died on March 12, 1951, in East Islip, New York. While he is not widely known now, the record of his acting, directing, and playwriting preserves a picture of a versatile theater professional whose work still survives in print.