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George Vere Hobart (1867 – 1926) was a Canadian-American humorist who authored more than 50 musical comedy librettos and plays as well as novels and songs.[1] At the time of his death, Hobart was "one of America's most popular humorists and playwrights".[2] Hobart gained initial national fame for the "Dinkelspiel" letters, a weekly satirical column written in a German-American dialect.[3][1] The Library of Congress includes several of his songs in the National Jukebox.[4]

George V. Hobart
Portrait of George V. Hobart from the 1915 playbill for Experience: A Morality Play of Today
BornGeorge Vere Hobart
(1867-01-16)January 16, 1867
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedJanuary 31, 1926(1926-01-31) (aged 59)
Cumberland, Maryland, USA
OccupationPlaywright, humorist
Period1890-1926
GenreComedy, farce, satire
Notable worksDinkelspiel
Spouse
Sara De Vries
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(m. 1897; died 1923)​
Children2

Hobart also wrote under the pseudonym Hugh McHugh.[5] Many of his works were adapted into films.


Early life


Hobart was born 16 January 1867 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] He immigrated to the Cumberland, Maryland to work as a telegraph operator for the United Press.[1]


Career


Hobart wrote humorous sketches and columns for the Sunday Scimitar and Baltimore News-American newspapers.[1] He then worked for a short time at the New York Journal, before turning his attention to writing musicals, librettos, novels and children's books.[1] Hobart is noted as an "exceptionally prolific" and versatile writer.[3]

His better-known stage plays include the morality tale Experience; Our Mrs. McChesney cowritten with Edna Ferber and starring Ethel Barrymore; Miss Prinnt with Marie Dressler; Sonny ; Hitchy-Koo of 1919 with music by Cole Porter ; Buddies and Sweet Sixteen.[1]

Among Hobart's notable books are John Henry, Down the Line, Back to the Woods, You Can Search Me and the 1904 novel Jim Hickey, A Story of the One-Night Stands.[2][6][7]

He wrote the lyrics to numerous songs.[8]

Hobart was also a member of the Lambs Club in New York City.[1]


Personal life


Hobart was married to the short story writer Sarah Humbird De Vries,[9] with whom he had two children.[10] She died in 1923. He died in Cumberland, Maryland, on 31 January 1926 following a "general break down" at age 59.[1]


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References


  1. "G.V. Hobart, Humorist and Author Dies: Playwright and Author of Children's Books Has Break Down". The Fresno Morning Republican. Vol. 69, no. 32. Cumberland, MD. February 1, 1926. p. 1.
  2. "George V. Hobart, Playwright and humorist, Is Dead". San Francisco Examiner. February 1, 1926. p. 5.
  3. Kersten, Holger (1999). ""Nonsense, Satire, and Language Art: George V. Hobart's German-American Dialect Writing"". Thalia. 19 (1): 43–51 – via www.academia.edu.
  4. "George V. Hobart". www.loc.gov.
  5. Smith, Geoffrey D. (13 August 1997). American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography. Cambridge University Press. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-521-43469-0.
  6. "Hobart, George V. 1867-1926 (George Vere) [WorldCat Identities]".
  7. Acting version of Experience, produced by William Elliott, F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest: A morality play of today. H.K. Fly Co. 1915.
  8. "George V. Hobart (lyricist)'s scientific contributions". ResearchGate.
  9. "The Creator of "Dinkenspiel"". The Texas Magazine. 1 (4): 47. February 1910.
  10. "George V. Hobart, Playwright, Dies: Prolific Writer of Musical Comedy Librettos Succumbs After a Breakdown". New York Times. 1 February 1926. p. 19.
  11. Hoffmann, Max; Hobart, George V. (January 1, 1903). By the Sycamore Tree. The Rogers Bros. Music Publishing Co – via digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu.




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