Paul Kester

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Paul Kester
Born	ca. 1870 Delaware, Ohio
Died	June 21, 1933 Lake Mohegan, New York
Occupation	Playwright
Spouse	none
Children	none
Parents	Franklin Cooley Kester and Harriet Watkins Kester (cofounder of Cleveland School of Art, died 1926)

Paul Kester (ca. 1870 - June 21, 1933) was a U.S. playwright.

He was the younger brother of Vaughan Kester and a cousin of William Dean Howells.

For much of his life, he lived in Gunston Hall.

Kester died at the age of 63 from thrombosis.

[edit] Plays

• Countess Roudine (1892)
• Eugene Aram (1896)
• Sweet Nell of Drury Lane (1901)
• When Knighthood Was in Flower (1901)
• The Cavalier (1902)
• Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1903)
• Friend Hannah (1906)
• Don Quixote (1908)
• The Woman of Bronze (1920)

[edit] Novels

• The Course of True Love
• His Own Country

[edit] External links

• Play list
• Three Mark Twain Plays by Paul Kester (New York Times, January 30, 1902)

Persondata
NAME	Kester, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	U.S. playwright
DATE OF BIRTH	ca. 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	Delaware, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	June 21, 1933
PLACE OF DEATH	Lake Mohegan, New York