Kate Douglas Wiggin(1856-1923)

Kate Douglas Wiggin was born on 28 September 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932) and Timothy's Quest (1936). She was married to George Christopher Riggs and Samuel Bradley Wiggin (lawyer). She died on 24 August 1923 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK.

Known for

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The Chronicles of Rebecca
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Short
- novel (as Kate D. Wiggin)
- 2020
Santa World: Christmas Bedtime Stories
- story: "The Birds Christmas" (uncredited)
- 2018
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
6.8
TV Series
- novel
- 1978
Summer Magic
6.9
- book
- 1963
Mother Carey's Chickens
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- novel
- play
- 1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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- suggested by a story by
- 1938
Timothy's Quest
7.2
- novel
- 1936
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
6.8
- play and novel
- 1932
Timothy's Quest
6.2
- novel
- 1922
Rose o' the River
- novel
- 1919
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
6.3
- novel (play)
- 1917
A Bit o' Heaven
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- story "The Birds' Christmas Carol"
- 1917

Alternative name
- Kate D. Wiggin
Born
- September 28, 1856
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
- August 24, 1923
- Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK
Spouses
Other works
Stage: Wrote (with Charlotte Thompson) "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Theatre Republic: 3 Oct 1910-Apr 1911 (closing date unknown/216 performances). Cast: Edith Taliaferro (as "Rebecca"), Archie Boyd, Etta Bryan, Kathryn Bryan, Samuel Coit, Marie L. Day, Ada Deaves, Viola Fortescue, Lorraine Frost, Eliza Glassford, Ralph Kellard, Violet Mersereau, Ernest Truex. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger. NOTE: Filmed as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1978)
Publicity listings
- 2 Print Biographies
- 2 Articles

Trivia
Pioneer in the development of kindergartens in the United States, as well as the training of kindergarten teachers.

Quotes
[on adapting "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" for the stage] I discovered at once that playwrights are of no importance whatsoever when it comes to rehearsals. They are merely necessary evils. Why, they cut out--very courteously, I confess--my most cherished scene of pathos, and clamored for "fourteen laughs" in its place.

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