Edward Peple

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|birth_name=Edward Henry Peple

|birth_date={{birth date|1869|8|10}}

|birth_place=Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1924|7|28|1869|8|10}}

|death_place=New York City, U.S.

|resting_place=Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

|occupation=Playwright

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Edward Henry Peple (August 10, 1869 – July 28, 1924) was an American playwright known for his comedies and farces. He was perhaps best remembered for the plays The Prince Chap, The Littlest Rebel and A Pair of Sixes.

Biography

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Peple was educated John S. McGuire's academy in Richmond. He trained and worked as a lawyer, mainly with the American Bridge Company until 1912. In 1895, he moved to New Jersey. His first play was A Broken Rose. His play The Prince Chain opened in 1895 and ran for two seasons with Cyril Scott playing the lead.[https://books.google.com/books?id=bTABAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22+peple+edward%22+1869&pg=PA428 Herringshaw, Thomas William. 1914. p. 428. Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography]. Retrieved May 11, 2014.Who's Who on the Stage. 2nd ed. 1908.Edward H. Peple Dead. The New York Times. July 29, 1924. p. 15.

Peple died on the morning of July 28, 1924, at his residence in the Hotel Royalton after suffering a heart attack the evening before. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-edward-h-peple/166797776/ |title=Edward H. Peple |date=1924-07-30 |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2025-02-27}}{{Open access}}

Works

Plays

A Broken Rosary
[https://archive.org/details/princechapcomedy00pepl The Prince Chap], New York : S. French 1904
The Love Route
The Silver Girl
Semiramis, 1907
[https://archive.org/details/littlestrebelpla00pepliala The Littlest Rebel] New York : S. French 1911
A Pair of Sixes, 1914