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George Pierce Baker

About the Author

George Pierce Baker (1866–1935) was a highly respected theatre scholar. He founded the celebrated “47 Workshop,” a class on playwriting techniques and a laboratory for experimental plays. He taught at Harvard and Yale, and wrote several books, including The Development of Shakespeare as a Dramatist and Modern American Plays.