{{Short description|Australian dramatist (1860–1921)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|C. H. Chambers c. 1888 '''Charles Haddon Spurgeon Chambers''' (22 April 1860 – 28 March 1921) was an Australia-born dramatist, 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, 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, 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 soprano, Dame 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, London of cerebro-vascular disease on 28 March 1921 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
==Works== [[File:Captain Swift (1920) - Williams 2.jpg|thumb|Still from the film of ''Captain Swift'' (1920) with Earle Williams]] *''Captain Swift'' 1888, filmed in 1920, directed by Tom Terriss and Chester Bennett<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'' 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>
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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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chambers, C. Haddon}} 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