Lee Wilson Dodd

Lee Wilson Dodd (July 11, 1879 - May 16, 1933) was a playwright, poet, and novelist. Several of his plays were made into films. He also wrote short stories and poems[1] as well as reviews. He was also a professor.

His Majesty Bunker Bean, a comedy in four acts (1922)
Set design schematic for His Majesty Bunker Bean

Dodd was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania.[2] He began his career as a lawyer.

Yale University has a collection of his papers.[3]

Several of his works were published in Harper's Magazine.[4] He had a poem published in Poetry, A Magazine of Verse.[5] In 1919, Dodd's novel The Book of Susan was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post.[6]

Dodd rented a camp at the Pocono Lake Preserve for many years, along with Henry Seidel Canby, before becoming one of the founders of the Yelping Hill Association.[6]

He corresponded with Albert Johannsen.

Dodd is quoted as having written: "Much that I sought, I could not find; much that I found, I could not bind; much that I bound, I could not free; much that I freed, returned to me."

Bibliography
  • The Book of Susan
  • His Majesty Bunker Bean, a Comedy in Four Acts and Five Scenes
  • A Modern Alchemist, and Other Poems (1906)
  • The Middle Miles and Other Poems
  • Lilia Chenoworth
  • The Book of Susan, a Novel (1920)
  • The Golden Complex: A Defence of Inferiority (1927)
  • A Garnerof Fugitive Pieces

Plays
  • The Return of Eve (1909)
  • Speed (1911)
  • His Majesty Bunker Bean (1916)
  • Pals First (1917)
  • The Changelings (1923)
  • A Strong Man's House (1929)[7]

Filmography

References
  1. "Lee Wilson Dodd (1879-1933) · Artists & Authors · Cornwall Historical Society". www.cornwallhistoricalsociety.org.
  2. "Lee Wilson Dodd". Playbill.
  3. "Collection: Lee Wilson Dodd papers | Archives at Yale". archives.yale.edu.
  4. "Lee Wilson Dodd | Harper's Magazine". harpers.org.
  5. "Lee Wilson Dodd. Age and Youth. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22". www.bartleby.com.
  6. Zug, James (2004). Pocono Lake Preserve: A Centennial History 1904-2004. Pocono Lake, PA: Pocono Lake Preserve. p. 183. ISBN 0-9755733-0-6.
  7. "Lee Wilson Dodd – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
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