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Harold Chapin

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Born: February 14 1886

Died: 2525 09 19151915

Harold Chapin was an English actor and playwright.

Chapin was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1886. Although “technically an American citizen, he was an English actor, and English playwright and died as a British soldier”. A true man of the theatre, he worked as an actor , director and stage manager, and was closely associated with Harley Granville Barker.

His plays were produced throughout the UK and in New York City.

Regarded as one of the greatest potential dramatic talents to be lost in the First World War, his work has often been compared with that of Edwardian playwright St John Hankin. Although largely unperformed today, his best known three-act work, The New Morality was performed at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2005.

Enlisting in the Royal Army Medical Corps of the British Army in September 1914, Lance Corporal Chapin was killed in action at the age of 29 at the Battle of Loos in 1915, leaving a wife and five-year-old son.

Harold Chapin

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Born: February 14 1886

Died: 2525 09 19151915

Harold Chapin was an English actor and playwright.

Chapin was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1886. Although “technically an American citizen, he was an English actor, and English playwright and died as a British soldier”. A true man of the theatre, he worked as an actor , director and stage manager, and was closely associated with Harley Granville Barker.

His plays were produced throughout the UK and in New York City.

Regarded as one of the greatest potential dramatic talents to be lost in the First World War, his work has often been compared with that of Edwardian playwright St John Hankin. Although largely unperformed today, his best known three-act work, The New Morality was performed at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2005.

Enlisting in the Royal Army Medical Corps of the British Army in September 1914, Lance Corporal Chapin was killed in action at the age of 29 at the Battle of Loos in 1915, leaving a wife and five-year-old son.

Books from Harold Chapin

One Man's War: Letters from a Soldier Killed at the Battle of Loos

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The Philosopher of Butterbiggens: A One Act Play

Soldier And Dramatist-Being The Letters Of Harold Chapin

Three One Act Plays: It's the Poor That 'elps the Poor; The Autocrat of the Coffee-Stall; Innocent and Annabel (Classic Reprint)

Muddle-Annie: A Play in One Act (Classic Reprint)