Edward Howe Mabley Biography (1906-)

Addresses: Home: 15 W. 72nd Street, New York, NY, 10023; Agent: BerthaKlausner, International Literary Agency, 71 Park, Avenue, New York, NY, 10016.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
playwright, director, educator
Birth Details
March 7, 1906
Binghampton, New York

Famous Works

  • Non-Theatrical Career
  • Mayor of Pomona, NY, 1971; U.S. Navy civilian employee, New York, 1944-45; research writer for Walter Dorwin Teague, (an industrial designer), New York, NY, 1937-42.
  • Plays, Produced
  • Temper the Wind, with Leonard Mins, Playhouse Theatre, NY, 1946; Glad Tidings (original title: Sacred and Profane) Somerset Playhouse, MA, 1951, Lyceum, NY, 1951; Red Sky at Morning, with Joanna Roos, Olney Theatre, MD, 1953.
  • Musical Plays, Produced
  • The Mermaid in Lock No. 7 (jazz opera), music by Elie Siegmeister,American Wind Symphony, PA, 1958; Dick Whittington and His Cat (symphonic story for narrator and orchestra), music by Elie Siegmeister, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1967; I Have a Dream, (cantata based on speech by MartinLuther King), music by Elie Stiegmeister, New York, 1967; The Plough andthe Stars (grand opera, based on the play by Sean O'Casey), music byElie Siegmeister, Louisiana State University, 1969, Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux, France, 1970; Dublin Song, music by Elie Siegmeister, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1963, Night of the Moonspell (grandopera based on A Midsummer Night's Dream), music by Elie Siegmeister, Shreveport, LA, 1976; Bon Voyage, book and lyrics (adapted from play by Labiche), music by Vera Brodsky Lawrence, York Players, NY, 1977.
  • Plays, Unproduced
  • The Feathered Serpent; Doubleplay; Cross-Currents.
  • Musical Plays Unproduced
  • Piggy Bank Rag; The Twin Musicals; Monsieur Choufleuri.
  • Play, Published
  • Glad Tidings, 1952; Discrimination for Everybody (from hisradio play, Created Equal), 1948; Spring Journey, with Joanna Roos, 1950; June Dawn, with Dorothy Evans, 1949.
  • Musical Plays, Published
  • Dick Whittington and His Cat; I Have a Dream; The Mermaid in Lock No.7; Monsieur Chofleuri.
  • Musical Plays Unpublished
  • The Plough and the Stars; Night of the Moonspell.
  • Television Shows
  • The Silver Cord (adaptation of Sidney Howard's play of the same title), 1949; Laburnum Grove (adaptation of J. B. Priestley's play), 1949; Borderline of Fear, with Joanna Roos, 1950; The Box Supper, with music by Otis Clements, 1950; Jasper, with music by OtisClements, 1950; The O'Neills, with Ruth Friedlich, 1949-50; TheWoman at High Hollow, 1958.
  • Television Shows, Published
  • Borderline of Fear, The Best Television Plays of 1951.
  • Radio Shows
  • Borderline of Fear (beamed behind the Iron Curtain by U.S. State Department), 1951; Created Equal, 1947; author of more than 50 producedplays for radio and television.
  • Books, Published
  • The Motor Balloon "America;" Dramatic Construction.
  • Theatre-Related Career
  • Manager/Puppeteer, Tatterman Marionettes, Cleveland, OH; free-lance writer and director, New York, 1945-52; television director, CBS, 1952-69, NBC, 1969; Instructor, Playwriting, under John Gassner, New School for Social Research, 1946-present.