Baker Establishes The 47 Workshop at Harvard
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Arts
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Teaching, Teachers
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts, New England
- Date: 1913
Article abstract: George Pierce Baker, a teacher and writer, opened his celebrated, noncredit 47 Workshop, a forum for aspiring playwrights that became an important creative incubator for modern American drama.
Summary of Event
In 1905, George Pierce Baker, a professor of English and forensics, began offering a course in dramatic composition at Harvard University, from which he had himself graduated in 1887. The course, English 47, was first offered at Radcliffe College and was added to the curriculum at Harvard College two years later. That Baker was...
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