The Music Master

by Charles Klein

Charles Klein (1867-1915) was an English-born playwright who emigrated to America. Klein first wrote for the theatre in 1890, when he was commissioned to revise The Schatchen, in which he was then appearing. This was followed by a collaboration with Charles Coote on A Mile a Minute (1890), written for actress Minnie Palmer. He came into prominence as a dramatist in 1897 with the Charles Frohman production of Heartsease on which he was co-author with Joseph I. C. Clark, and which featured Henry Miller. For a time he was play censor for producer Charles Frohman. He wrote the libretto of John Philip Sousa's best remembered operetta, El Capitan, which continues to be revived occasionally. Klein's melodramas were among the most successful of the first decade of the twentieth century, primarily because of their focus on themes of contemporary life in the United States. Klein's best-regarded drama, The Lion and the Mouse (1905), was prompted by a visit to the U. S. Senate. His plays include: The District Attorney (1895), Two Little Vagrants (1896), Heartsease (1897), The Charlatan (1898), A Royal Rogue (1900) and The Auctioneer (1901).

Genres: Fiction

341 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1909

Reviews

[Gerald Greene]

Very, very entertaining. A great love story.

[Emily]

Heartbreaking, yet inspiring.