# C. Haddon Chambers

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{{Short description|Australian dramatist (1860–1921)}}
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thumb|C. H. Chambers c. 1888
'''Charles Haddon Spurgeon Chambers''' (22 April 1860 – 28 March 1921) was an [Australia](/source/Australia)-born [dramatist](/source/playwright), active in England.<ref name = ADB>{{cite book|title= Chambers, Charles Haddon (1860–1921) by B. G. Andrews |chapter= Charles Haddon Chambers (1860–1921)|publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter-url= https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chambers-charles-haddon-5547|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>

==Early life==
Chambers was born in [Petersham](/source/Petersham%2C_New_South_Wales), [Sydney](/source/Sydney). After two years in the outback working as a boundary rider, in 1880 he was invited by cousins to return with them to [Ulster](/source/Ulster), from there he visited England. On Chambers' return he was in the managerial department of the Montague-Turner opera company.

The famous London-based Australian [operatic](/source/operatic) [soprano](/source/soprano), Dame [Nellie Melba](/source/Nellie_Melba), was his mistress for a number of years. The relationship ended in 1904 for reasons which remain unclear.

==Late life==
Chambers retained his interest in Australia and spoke of returning there but never did so. He died at the [Bath Club](/source/Bath_Club), London of cerebro-vascular disease on 28 March 1921 and was buried at [Kensal Green Cemetery](/source/Kensal_Green_Cemetery).

==Works==
[[File:Captain Swift (1920) - Williams 2.jpg|thumb|Still from the film of ''Captain Swift'' (1920) with [Earle Williams](/source/Earle_Williams)]]
*[''Captain Swift''](/source/Captain_Swift_(play)) 1888, [filmed in 1920](/source/Captain_Swift), directed by [Tom Terriss](/source/Tom_Terriss) and [Chester Bennett](/source/Chester_Bennett_(director))<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = S. French, ltd.| last = Charles Haddon Chambers| title = Captain Swift: A Comedy Drama in Four Acts| accessdate = 2023-10-17| date = 1902| url = http://archive.org/details/captainswiftaco00chamgoog}}</ref>
* [https://archive.org/details/idleraplayinfou00chamgoog  ''The Idler''] 1890 (play)<ref name = Idler>{{cite web|title= ''The Idler : A Play in Four Acts'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C398955|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
* ''Thumb-Nail Sketches of Australian Life'' 1891 (short story collection)<ref name = TN>{{cite web|title= ''Thumb-Nail Sketches of Australian Life'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C381166|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
* ''The Fatal Card'' 1895 (play)<ref name = FatalCard>{{cite web|title= ''The Fatal Card'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C395849|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42068  ''The Tyranny of Tears: A Comedy in Four Acts''] 1900 (play)<ref name = Tyranny>{{cite web|title= ''The Tyranny of Tears'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C398917|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
* ''[A Modern Magdalen](/source/A_Modern_Magdalen)'' 1902 (play)<ref name = Magdalen>{{cite web|title= ''A Modern Magdalen'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/6434480|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
* ''The Open Gate: An Original Domestic Drama in One Act'' 1902 (play)<ref name = OpenGate>{{cite web|title= ''The Open Gate'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C381162|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
* ''The Awakening: A play in Four Acts'' 1902 (play)<ref name = Awakening>{{cite web|title= ''The Awakening'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C399063|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
* ''Sir Anthony: A Comedy of the Outskirts in Three Acts'' 1909 (play)<ref name = SirAnthony>{{cite web|title= ''Sir Anthony'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C399067|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
* ''Passers-By: A Play in Four Acts'' 1913 (play)<ref name = Passers-By>{{cite web|title= ''Passers-By'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C399065|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
* ''The Impossible Woman'' 1914 (play) (aka ''Tante'')<ref name = ImpossibleWoman>{{cite web|title= ''The Impossible Woman'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/6434302|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>
* ''The Saving Grace: A Comedy in Three Acts'' 1918 (play)<ref name = SavingGrace>{{cite web|title= ''The Saving Grace'' |publisher= Austlit|url= https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C398918|accessdate= 28 June 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author | id=41507| name=Charles Haddon Chambers}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Charles Haddon Chambers |sopt=t}}

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Category:1860 births
Category:1921 deaths
Category:Australian dramatists and playwrights
Category:Australian people of Irish descent
Category:Colony of New South Wales people
Category:Emigrants from colonial Australia to the United Kingdom

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