Eldest son, who attended Phillips-Andover Academy and Yale, where he received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees.
Wrote for many magazines of current events and literature.
Beginning in 1889 he became the drama critic for Life, a popular illustrated weekly magazine of humor, short stories, and reviews published in New York. He occupied this position for the next thirty-one years, wielding a sharp-edged pen.
After Life, he wrote for Judge magazine and the The Wall Street Journal.
In addition to writing reviews of plays, Metcalfe authored several books, ran as a Democratic candidate (unsuccessfully) for the New York State Assembly, and, in 1919, was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor for his work on behalf of French war orphans.
In1915 he established the Metcalfe Prize at Yale for the best essay written on the theatre.
Metcalfe died at his home on West 67th Street on May 26, 1927, survived by his second wife, Elizabeth Tyree, a popular actress at the turn of the century.
Wrote for many magazines of current events and literature.
Beginning in 1889 he became the drama critic for Life, a popular illustrated weekly magazine of humor, short stories, and reviews published in New York. He occupied this position for the next thirty-one years, wielding a sharp-edged pen.
After Life, he wrote for Judge magazine and the The Wall Street Journal.
In addition to writing reviews of plays, Metcalfe authored several books, ran as a Democratic candidate (unsuccessfully) for the New York State Assembly, and, in 1919, was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor for his work on behalf of French war orphans.
In1915 he established the Metcalfe Prize at Yale for the best essay written on the theatre.
Metcalfe died at his home on West 67th Street on May 26, 1927, survived by his second wife, Elizabeth Tyree, a popular actress at the turn of the century.
Eldest son, who attended Phillips-Andover Academy and Yale, where he received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees.
Wrote for many magazines of current events and literature.
Beginning in 1889 he became the drama critic for Life, a popular illustrated weekly magazine of humor, short stories, and reviews published in New York. He occupied this position for the next thirty-one years, wielding a sharp-edged pen.
After Life, he wrote for Judge magazine and the The Wall Street Journal.
In addition to writing reviews of plays, Metcalfe authored several books, ran as a Democratic candidate (unsuccessfully) for the New York State Assembly, and, in 1919, was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor for his work on behalf of French war orphans.
In1915 he established the Metcalfe Prize at Yale for the best essay written on the theatre.
Metcalfe died at his home on West 67th Street on May 26, 1927, survived by his second wife, Elizabeth Tyree, a popular actress at the turn of the century.
Wrote for many magazines of current events and literature.
Beginning in 1889 he became the drama critic for Life, a popular illustrated weekly magazine of humor, short stories, and reviews published in New York. He occupied this position for the next thirty-one years, wielding a sharp-edged pen.
After Life, he wrote for Judge magazine and the The Wall Street Journal.
In addition to writing reviews of plays, Metcalfe authored several books, ran as a Democratic candidate (unsuccessfully) for the New York State Assembly, and, in 1919, was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor for his work on behalf of French war orphans.
In1915 he established the Metcalfe Prize at Yale for the best essay written on the theatre.
Metcalfe died at his home on West 67th Street on May 26, 1927, survived by his second wife, Elizabeth Tyree, a popular actress at the turn of the century.
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