{{Short description|Playwright}}

thumb| '''Edward E. Kidder''' (1846 or 1847 - 1927) was a playwright in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/11/17/archives/e-e-kidder-playwright-author-of-several-stage-successes-was-78.html|title=E. E. Kidder, playwright.; Author of Several Stage Successes Was 78 Years Old.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 17, 1927}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/edward-e-kidder-5271|title=Edward E. Kidder – Broadway Cast & Staff &#124; IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> Several of Kidder's works were adapted to film, including ''A Poor Relation'' in 1921.

He was married to Augusta Raymond Kidder (died 1939). The New York Public Library has a collection of his scripts.<ref name=nypl>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.nypl.org/the/22617|title=archives.nypl.org -- Edward E. Kidder scripts|website=archives.nypl.org}}</ref> He wrote about two dozen Broadway shows and toured.<ref name=nypl/>

He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100036241|title=Edward E. Kidder|website=Oxford Reference}}</ref>

Samuel French advertised plays by various playwrights including Kidder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmV9k7QhEssC&dq=edward+e.+kidder+playwright&pg=RA2-PR12|title=Theatre Magazine|first1=W. J.|last1=Thorold|first2=Arthur|last2=Hornblow (Jr.)|first3=Perriton|last3=Maxwell|first4=Stewart|last4=Beach|date=January 9, 1913|publisher=Theatre Magazine Company|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Works== *''Three of a Kind''<ref>{{Cite web | title=Three Of A Kind : "Original Farcical Comedy" by E.E. Kidder. Produced by Salsbury's Troubadours at the Acauley Theatre (Louisville, Kentucky - 1885) starring Nate Salsbury, John Webster, Nellie McHenry, Fred Bowman, etc. {{!}} University of Florida Archival & Manuscript Collections | url=https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/291983 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109112851/https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/291983 | access-date=2025-11-22 | archive-date=2022-01-09}}</ref> *''Sky Farm''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1n4XAQAAMAAJ&dq=e.e.+kidder+playwright&pg=RA1-PA474|title=Ainslee's Magazine|date=January 9, 1902|publisher=Howard, Ainslee & Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> *''Jolly American Tramp''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQhIAQAAMAAJ&dq=e.e.+kidder+playwright&pg=RA29-PA2|title=London American|date=January 9, 1901|via=Google Books}}</ref> *''Shannon of the 6th''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2014636199/|title=W.H. Power's Company in E.E. Kidder's dramatic comedy, Shannon of the 6th|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> *''Peaceful Valley'' *''A College Cinderella'' *''All By His Lonesome'' *''The Bridge Party'' [[File:W.H. Power's Company in E.E. Kidder's dramatic comedy, Shannon of the 6th LCCN2014636199.tif|thumb|Lithograph print advertisement for ''Shannon of the 6th'']] *''Stage Struck'' *''The Bungalow Bride'' *''A Run For Her Money'' *''A Lively Legacy'' *''The Moon Child'' *''Easy Dawson'' *''The Devil's Diamond'' *''A Poor Relation''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr2001023878/|title=Kidder, Edward E. 1849?-1927 [WorldCat Identities]|website=worldcat.org}}</ref> *''An Ocean Pearl''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mElJAQAAMAAJ&dq=e.e.+kidder+playwright&pg=PA160|title=New York Amusement Gazette|date=October 17, 1888|publisher=F. T. Low.|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Filmography== *Shannon of the Sixth (1914) *Peaceful Valley (1920)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&dq=edward+e.+kidder+film&pg=PA614|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|first=Alan|last=Goble|date=September 8, 2011|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110951943|via=Google Books}}</ref> *A Poor Relation (1921)

==See also== *Carroll Johnson *Lillian Lee

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