Hadley Waters

Theodore Hadley Waters, better known as Hadley Waters or T. Hadley Waters, (26 December 1896 – 13 November 1964) was an American playwright. He was best known for two plays that were staged on Broadway: The Ghost Parade and Little Orchid Annie.[1]

Life and career

The son of Theodore Waters, Theodore "Theo" Hadley Waters was born in New York City on 26 December 1896.[2][3] He had two brothers and two sisters.[1] He lived in Bushwick, Brooklyn and attended New York City Public Schools.[4] He was educated at PS 44 at Throop Avenue and Madison Street in Brooklyn.[4]

In his early career Waters penned the vaudeville sketches Their Chance (1917)[5] and Chapter 46, Page 266 (1919)[6] In 1920 Photoplay Magazine acknowledged his success as a young playwright at the age of 23.[7] He worked as a display manager for Avedon, and contributed an article on display design for retail stores that was published in Advertising and Selling magazine in 1921.[8] In 1922 two of his plays were allegedly accepted for production by A. H. Woods, Clay and A Match for Three.[9] His play Just a Dash of Arsenic was staged in Cleveland in 1927 with a cast that included Roland Bottomley and Ernita Lascelles.[10] With Katherine Haviland Taylor he co-authored the play The Taming of the Crew (1928).[11] He had previously adapted Taylor's short story "Mrs. Upton Has Her Fling" into the play Good Gracious, Mother (1922).[12][9]

Waters co-wrote the play Little Orchid Annie with Charles Beahan.[1] It was given its premiere on April 4, 1929 at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles with Ruth Taylor in the title role.[13][14] It was subsequently staged on Broadway at the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre in 1930.[15] His play The Ghost Parade premiered on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre on October 28, 1929.[16][15] His play Matrimonial Madness premiered at a theatre in Eerie, Pennsylvania in 1930.[17] Other plays penned by Waters included Oh Woman, Woman,[18] She Cried for the Moon,[19] Crackers in Bed,[20] and Ballyhoo.[21]

Waters died on 13 November 1964 at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City at the age of 67.[1][22] He had entered the hospital three weeks earlier after sustaining injuries from a fall at his home at 258 West 22d Street.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "T. HADLEY WATERS (Published 1964)". The New York Times. 14 November 1964.
  2. ^ Theo Hadley Waters in U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Serial No. 3373
  3. ^ Hadley Theodore Waters in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, SSN 130122471
  4. ^ a b "Names of Brooklyn Youth Who Registered in the Draft". Brooklyn Eagle. June 26, 1918. p. 10.
  5. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (August 16, 1917). "Catalog of Copyright Entries". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (August 16, 1919). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series" – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Quirk, James R., ed. (July 1920). "We Take Off Our Hats To—". Photoplay. XVIII (2). Chicago: Photoplay Publishing Company.
  8. ^ Waters, Hadley (October 15, 1921). "Art as a Business-Getter in the Window: How to Obtain Beautiful Effects at Small Cost— Inducing the Prospect to Enter". Advertising & Selling. 31 (6): 15.
  9. ^ a b "Hadley Waters Busy". New York Daily News. June 6, 1922. p. 17.
  10. ^ "Just a Dash of Arsenic". The Plain Dealer. July 31, 1927. p. 53.
  11. ^ Bzowski, Frances Diodato (July 27, 1992). American Women Playwrights, 1900-1930: A Checklist. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-313-24238-0.
  12. ^ L'Homme Qui Sait (September 1922). "Heard on Broadway". Theatre Magazine. XXXVI (258): 168.
  13. ^ "Orchid Annie in World Premiere at Mayan Tonight". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. April 4, 1929. p. 10.
  14. ^ Miller, LLewellyn (April 5, 1929). "Little Orchid Annie Opens". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. p. 8.
  15. ^ a b Hischak, Thomas S. (April 22, 2009). Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5309-2 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ Bordman, Gerald (August 16, 1995). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama 1914-1930. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-509078-9 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ "THE SCREEN; McLAGLEN IN LIGHT COMEDY "A Devil with Women" at Hippodrome is Mirth-Provoking. POLITICAL TILT IN MOVIE. MRS. Pratt, Magistrate Brodsky, Heywood Broun at Embassy. Other Photoplays. Lewis S. Stone Weds. THEATRICAL NOTES. (Published 1930)". The New York Times. 20 October 1930.
  18. ^ "Fiske-O'Hara to Produce". Billboard. March 9, 1929. p. 6.
  19. ^ "The New York Times Theater Reviews". New York Times & Arno Press. August 16, 1935 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (August 16, 1945). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series" – via Google Books.
  21. ^ "Waters Writing Act for Ann Sutherland". Billboard. January 21, 1928. p. 15.
  22. ^ T. Hadley Waters in the New York, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1949-1965
  23. ^ "Obituary: T. Hadley Waters". New York Daily News. November 15, 1964. p. 101.
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