Background
Bates, William Oscar was born on September 19, 1852 in Harrisburg, Indiana, United States. Son of John and Angeline W. (Thomas) Bates.
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William Oscar Bates
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Bachelor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1875.
Career
On staff Indianapolis Journal, 1877-1881, Cincinnati News-Journal, 1882-1884, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1884-1886, New York World, 1889-1894, New York Commercial Advertiser, 1897-1899. Author: Recitations and How to Recite, 1896. Also, Our Foreign Correspondent, 4-act comedy produced St. Paul, 1888.
Uncle Rodney, 1-act comedy produced Empire Theatre, New York, 1896. The Black Bokhara, 1-act comedy produced Indianapolis, 1907, public 1917. Jacob Leisler, 5-act play, public 1913.
Polly of Pogue’s Run, 1-act drama produced Indianapolis, 1916, public 1917. Asaph, 1-act comedy, produced Indianapolis, 1918. Merry Mount, 3-act comedy (Drama League prize), 1919.
The Dryad and the Deacon, 1-act færie, produced Indianapolis, 1920. Home: Indianapolis, Ind.
Connections
Married Clara A. Nixon, October 23, 1893.
