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Walter Ben Hare
1880–1950
A prolific American playwright who balanced a long career in meteorology with writing more than 200 plays, he became especially popular with amateur and community theater groups. His best-known work, Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick, was a major hit on the stage and later adapted for film.
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The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays
by Walter Ben Hare
About the author
Born in Sandusky, Ohio, on February 20, 1880, Walter Ben Hare was an American playwright and meteorologist. He wrote under his own name as well as the pseudonyms Lt. Beal Cormack and Mary Modena Burns.
Hare was remarkably productive, creating more than 200 plays while continuing his work in weather service and meteorology. His plays were widely used by amateur and community theater groups across the United States, which helped make his writing especially well known beyond professional stages.
His most famous play was Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick, a rural melodrama that became an enormous success and was later adapted into a film. Hare died on June 30, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri.