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Theodore Burt Sayre
1874–1954
A Brooklyn-born novelist and playwright, he moved easily between fiction and the stage, publishing historical romances and writing plays that reached Broadway in the late 1890s and early 1900s. His work includes the novels Two Summer Girls and I, The Son of Carleycroft, and Tom Moore as well as the stage success The Commanding Officer.
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About the author
Born on December 18, 1874, in New York, Theodore Burt Sayre built a career as both a novelist and dramatist. Reference sources and library records connect him with New York literary life and show that his books included Two Summer Girls and I (1898), The Son of Carleycroft (1900), and Tom Moore, a historical romance centered on the Irish poet.
Sayre also wrote for the theater, and his plays were produced on Broadway around the turn of the century. Among the best-documented is The Commanding Officer, which appeared on Broadway in 1909 and was later adapted into a 1915 silent film. Contemporary biographical references describe him as the author of numerous plays, including works associated with Irish-themed stage productions.
He died in New York in November 1954. Although he is not widely remembered today, surviving editions of his novels, theater records, and film credits show a writer who worked across several popular forms at a time when American publishing and live theater were closely linked.