Background
Shipman, Louis Evan was born on August 2, 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Hamilton W. and Caroline Townsend (Hoopes) Shipman.
Shipman, Louis Evan was born on August 2, 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of Hamilton W. and Caroline Townsend (Hoopes) Shipman.
Educated Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and 1892-1893, Harvard University.
Editorial writer Leslie’s Weekly, 1895-1896. Contributor to Life and Collier’s Weekly. Editor of Life, May 1922-1924.
Author: Urban Dialogues, 1896.
A Group of American Theatrical Caricatures, 1898. Doctorate’Arcy of the Guards, 1899.
Predicaments, 1899. The Curious Courtship of Kate Poins, 1901.
The Quality of Youth, 1904. The True Adventures of a Play, 1914.
Three Comedies, 1923. Plays produced: The Head of the House, 1898.
Doctorate’Arcy of the Guards, 1901, and 1910.
The Crisis (with Winston Churchill), 1902. John Ermine of the Yellowstone (with Frederic Remington), 1903. The Crossing (with Winston Churchill), 1905.
On Parole, 1906.
The Admiral, 1909. The Grain of Dust, 1911. Opened the Henry Miller Theatre, New York, with “The Fountain of Youth,” 1918.
Fools Errant, 1921. Poor Richard, 1924. Le Bonhomme Richard (in French), Theatre National de l’Odeon, Paris, 1928.
During the war was member New Hampshire (U.S.) State Committee of 100 of Public Safety.
State director of “Four-Minute-Men,” and local food administrator.
Member New Hampshire (U.S.) State Committee of 100 of Public Safety.
Married Ellen Biddle, 1893. Married second, Lucile Watson, 1928. Children: Ellen Biddle, Evan Biddle, Mary Pamela.