CARLETON, HENRY GUY

(1856-1910)

The playwright, whose name is given as Guy Carlton in hisVarietyobituary, was born in Fort Union, New Mexico. According to Sherman, he was the son of General Carleton, the Indian fighter. Carleton worked in journalism before writing his first play. He was married for a time to actressEffie Shannon. Beginning withMemnonandVictor Durand, both in 1884, he had a dozen or so plays produced in New York, notablyA Gilded Fool(1892) andThe Butterflies(1893), the latter starringJohn Drew.