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Elmer's Early Years

The Decline and Fall of Sir Henry Irving Discusses changes afoot just prior to Elmer Harris' emergence as a playwright at the turn of the 20th century
Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Henry Irving: The Actor-Managers’ “Habit of Mind” Toward the New Drama The Great Archer-Shaw / Irving-Tree Debate
Tempesta and the Tea Pot: An American Playwright in London, 1902-1904 Presented in part at the 1994 Graduate Conference on Language and Literature, Northern Illinois University, 27 March 1994 (now the Midwest Conference on Language, Literature, and Media).

Produced over 120 plays, films, and television scripts from 1902 until 1964!
Wrote dozens of theatre and film reviews, articles, and essays!
Published short-stories and campaigned for local theatre!
Lived in artists' colonies in Canada and Carmel!
Loved Canadian lobster!

Though available scholarship pertaining to Elmer Blaney Harris and his career falls exceedingly short of demand, important groundwork currently underway will quickly rectify this. Check back frequently for archival bibliographies, online resources, transcriptions, and digital photocopies of some of Elmer's most fascinating materials and artifacts!