Background
Smith, Edgar was born on December 9, 1857 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Edgar M. and Amanda (McPhail) Smith.
Smith, Edgar was born on December 9, 1857 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Edgar M. and Amanda (McPhail) Smith.
Educated Pennsylvania Military Academy, Chester.
Actor various New York companies, 1878-1886. Librettist and occasional actor with New York Casino Company, 1886-1892. Writer of Weber and Fields’ extravaganzas and burlesques, 1896-1904.
Mason, Elk. Writer and adapter of upwards of 160 plays, travesties, burlesques, musical comedies and operas, among them (adaptations) Nadjy, Grande Duchesse, Madelon, Poor Jonathan, The Brigands, The Peasant Girl, Alone at Last, The Girl from Paris, The Girl Behind the Counter, The Girl from Brazil, et cetera
Married Nanette B. Nixon, November 5, 1895.