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Herbert Pelham Curtis
A 19th-century Army officer who also wrote light comedies and dramatic works, he moved between military service and the stage with surprising ease. His surviving plays offer a glimpse of the lively parlor entertainment of his era.
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None so deaf as those who won't hear : A comedietta in one act
by Herbert Pelham Curtis
About the author
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1830, Herbert Pelham Curtis trained in law and graduated from Harvard before building a career in the U.S. Army. He served as a Union officer during the Civil War, including at Antietam, and remained in military service for many years afterward.
Alongside that career, he wrote for the theater. Project Gutenberg and The Online Books Page list works including None so Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear and Uncle Robert; or, Love's Labor Saved, showing his place in the world of late-19th-century popular drama.
Curtis died in 1892. Though not widely known today, his writing still has charm for readers interested in forgotten American stage pieces and the varied lives of 19th-century authors.