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Roi Cooper Megrue
1883–1927
A Broadway playwright, producer, and director from the early 20th century, remembered for brisk comedies and theatrical know-how. His work reached beyond the stage too, with plays such as Seven Chances later finding new life on screen.
2 Audiobooks
Under Cover
by Wyndham Martyn, Roi Cooper Megrue
It pays to advertise : A farcical fact in three acts
by Roi Cooper Megrue, Walter Hackett
About the author
Born in New York City, Roi Cooper Megrue worked in American theater as a playwright, producer, and director during the 1910s and early 1920s. Reference sources consistently connect him with Broadway, and he is especially remembered for stage successes including Under Cover, It Pays to Advertise, and Seven Chances.
Megrue also had a lasting afterlife through adaptation. Seven Chances became the basis for the 1925 Buster Keaton film of the same name, helping keep his work visible even after his main Broadway years had passed. Theater databases also credit him in multiple roles behind the scenes, reflecting how fully he was involved in shaping productions.
He died in New York City in 1927. Some sources list his birth year as 1882 while others give 1883, so that detail is not completely consistent, but the overall picture is clear: he was a versatile man of the theater whose popular plays left a real mark on Broadway and early screen comedy.