Epes W. Sargent
Epes Winthrop Sargent (1872-1938) was an American vaudeville critic, who wrote under the pen-name Chicot . He is considered "one of vaudeville's most influential critics and commentators.[1]
He was born in Nassau, Bahamas on August 21, 1872; he came to the United States in 1878 with his parents. He first worked as a critic for the New York paper, the, Daily Mercury.;[1] in the 1890s, he joined the New York Morning Telegraph. In 1905, when Variety began publication, he joined them as their first reviewer. Although he did not work continuously for them, he wrote for them until his death in Brooklyn, New York on Dec. 6, 1938.
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External links
- Works by or about Epes W. Sargent at the Internet Archive
- Works by Epes W. Sargent at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
