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Edward J. Locke (1869–1945) was an American playwright born in the United Kingdom.

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. 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)
• The Silver Wedding (1913)
• The Revolt (1914), featuring child actor Rosana Logan
• The Bubble (1915)
• The Dancer (1919)
• The Woman Who Laughed (1922)
• Mike Angelo (1923)
• The Love Call (1927)
• 57 Bowery (1928)

References

1. Review in the New York Times
2. "The Dramatic Stage". The Billboard. 26 (40): 4. 3 October 1914 – via The Internet Archive.
3. Critique by Alexander Woollcott

External links

• Edward Locke at IMDb 
• Edward Locke at the Internet Broadway Database
• Edward Locke at Playbill Vault
• The Bubble by Edward Locke and Benedict James on Great War Theatre

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