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'''Edward J. Locke''' (1869–1945) was an American playwright born in the United Kingdom.
[[File:The Revolt (1916) - 1.jpg|thumb|Advertisement for ''The Revolt'']] He became a theatre and vaudeville actor while still in his teens. He wrote some vaudeville sketches and plays, the most successful of which was ''The Climax'', which has been filmed twice (the first time in 1930, the second in 1944), though one version bore little resemblance to the play.{{According to whom|date=January 2020}} ''The Case of Becky'' was also the subject of a movie. ''The Revolt (1915)'' was made into the World Pictures' ''The Revolt'' the following year.
==Works== *''Fighting Fate'' (1905) *''The Climax'' (1909) *''The Case of Becky'' (1912)<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/10/02/100377654.pdf Review in the New York Times]</ref> *''The Silver Wedding'' (1913) *''The Revolt'' (1914), featuring child actor Rosana Logan<ref>{{Cite journal |date=3 October 1914 |title=The Dramatic Stage |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1914-10-03_26_40/page/4/mode/2up?q=%22rosana+logan%22 |journal=The Billboard |volume=26 |issue=40 |pages=4 |via=The Internet Archive}}</ref> *''The Bubble'' (1915) *''The Dancer'' (1919)<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/10/02/118160318.pdf] Critique by Alexander Woollcott</ref> *''The Woman Who Laughed'' (1922) *''Mike Angelo'' (1923) *''The Love Call'' (1927) *''57 Bowery'' (1928)
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==External links== * {{IMDb name}} * {{IBDB name}} * {{Playbill person}} * [https://www.greatwartheatre.org.uk/db/script/2769/ ''The Bubble'' by Edward Locke and Benedict James on Great War Theatre]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Locke, Edward}} Category:1869 births Category:1945 deaths Category:American dramatists and playwrights Category:British emigrants to the United States
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