George Melville Baker
American playwright and publisher (1832 – 1890)
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George Melville Baker (1832–1890) was a playwright and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He worked for Lee & Shepard publishers, then opened his own imprint. "George M. Baker & Co." issued works by authors such as Henry M. Baker, F.E. Chase,[1] and Herbert Pelham Curtis. Baker's company ceased in 1885, succeeded by his brother's "Walter H. Baker & Co."[2][3] George Baker also performed with comedian Henry C. Barnabee, appearing in "lyceum entertainments" in New England.[4] He belonged to the Mercantile Library Association.[5] He married Emily Bowles in 1858;[6] children included novelist Emilie Loring, playwright Rachel Baker Gale, and screenwriter Robert Melville Baker.
Selected Dramatic Works
- Bread on the Waters (1866)
- The Duchess of Dublin (1873)- One act farce about an English doctor in Ireland, who acquires customers by claiming to take the non-existent "Duchess of Dublin" as a patient. A vulgar but innocent Irish maid ultimately finds herself playing the part.[7]
- Nevada; or, The Lost Mine
