Chester Bailey Fernald

Chester Bailey Fernald (18 March 1869 – 10 April 1938)[1] was an American writer and playwright

History

Fernald was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

He moved to London, living in Gower Street, W.C.[2] sometime around 1915, to be with his son Van Dyke Fernald, who volunteered for the British army. The son died in the War.[1]

He died in Dover Harbour, believed drowned, after being knocked overboard by the boom of his boat, the auxiliary cutter Florence. His son, J. B. Fernald, had thrown out a rope to him, but to no avail. They had just returned from a voyage to France.[2]

Works
Books
  • Chinatown Stories
  • The Cat and the Cherub and other Stories
  • The White Umbrella
Plays
  • The Ghetto
  • The Love Thief
  • The Mask and the Face
  • The Princess in the Cage[2]
  • The Day Before the Day — "anti-German vitriol"[3]
  • The Moonlight Blossom played by Mrs Patrick Campbell
  • The Cat and the Cherub
  • 98.9

His short stories were published in, inter alia, Harper's Magazine.[4]

References
  1. "Great War Theatre: Chester Bailey Fernald". University of Kent. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. "Playwright Drowned". The Mercury (Hobart). Vol. CXLIX, no. 21, 101. Tasmania, Australia. 13 July 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Music and Drama". The Mercury (Hobart). Vol. CIII, no. 14, 151. Tasmania, Australia. 13 July 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 19 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "In the Mixing of the Waters". The Hamilton Spectator. No. 6633. Victoria, Australia. 8 August 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 19 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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