Henry Fisk Carlton

Henry Fisk Carlton was an American writer and dramatist born in 1892. Public catalog and archive records connect him with a string of historical plays, including The Landing of the Pilgrims, The Story of Nathan Hale, The Story of Major John André, Caesar Rodney's Ride, and Washington, the Man Who Would Not Be King.

A number of these works were published in the early 1930s by Teachers College, Columbia University, with Claire T. Zyve as editor. They were designed as learning scripts for radio performance, which helps explain their direct style, strong scenes, and focus on major moments in American history.

Carlton also had a presence beyond the page. Theatre records identify him as the writer of Up The Line, described as a Harvard Prize Play, and film/TV databases credit him with an adaptation for The Philco Television Playhouse in 1949. Some library-style records list his dates as 1892–1973, but because that detail was not consistently confirmed across major biographical sources, it is best treated with caution.