| Steele MacKaye  AKA James Morrison Steele MacKaye
Born: 6-Jun-1842
Birthplace: Buffalo, NY
Died: 25-Feb-1894
Location of death: Timpas, CO
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Playwright, Theater Director, Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of New York's Lyceum Theatre Military service: Union Army Author of 30 plays. Established three theaters in New York City -- the St. James, Madison Square, and most importantly, the Lyceum Theatre in 1885. He also founded America's first acting school, later called the American Academy of Dramatic Art. Inventor of the folding theater seat. Wife: Mary K. Medbery
Son: Percy MacKaye (poet/playwright, b. 1875, d. 1956)
Son: Benton MacKaye (conservationist, b. 1879, d. 1975)
Wife: Jennie Spring
University: École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Is the subject of books:
Epoch: The Life of Steele MacKaye, 1927, BY: Percy MacKaye, DETAILS: (2 vols.)
Wrote plays:
Marriage (1872)
Rose Michel (1875, adaptation)
Won at Last (1877)
Hazel Kirke (1880)
Paul Kauvar (1887)
Money Mad (1889)
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