The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Schrader, Frederick Franklin

SCHRADER, shrä'dėr, Frederick Franklin, American journalist and dramatist, son of an American citizen: b. Hamburg, Germany, 27 Oct. 1857. Author of plays, &lsquo;The Man from Texas,&rsquo; &lsquo;The Modern Lady Godiva,&rsquo; &lsquo;At the

French Ball,&rsquo; &lsquo;Nicolette,&rsquo; comic opera, music by Irenée Bergé, translated into Bohemian and produced in New York, 25 Dec. 1915; &lsquo;Corsica,&rsquo; music drama in one act, music by Irenée Bergé, produced in 1910; lyrist of &lsquo;Baron Trenck,&rsquo; produced in London 1911 and New York 1912. Translator of Max Nordau's, &lsquo;Freie Liebe&rsquo; (&lsquo;Paris Sketches&rsquo;), and &lsquo;José,&rsquo; novel, by Otto Ruppius. Assistant and Acting Secretary, Republican Congressional Committee, 1896-1900; author of Republican Text Book 1898. Dramatic editor Washington Post 1901-06; on literary staff, David Belasco 1906-09; dramatic editor New York Globe, 1909-10; editor New York Dramatic Mirror and president publishing company, 19 Aug. 1912 to 9 Sept. 1916. Co-founder with George S. Viereck of The Fatherland, August 1914, and for some time associate editor and now editor of Issues and Events.