[Philpot] George Vear Hobart

Hobart, [Philpot] George V[ear] (1867–1926), librettist and lyricist. One of the most prolific writers of vaudeville sketches and plays of his day, he was born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and spent time as a journalist in New York prior to writing for the stage. Alone or with collaborators he wrote such musicals as Broadway to Tokio (1900), The Wild Rose (1902), The Boys and Betty (1908), and Buddies (1919) and sketches for the Ziegfeld Follies, Hitchy‐Koo, and the Greenwich Village Follies. Hobart's most successful plays were the Lillian Russell vehicle Wildfire (1908), written with George Broadhurst; the morality play Experience (1914); and the Ethel Barrymore vehicle Our Mrs. McChesney (1915), written with Edna Ferber. He also directed many of his own works. While clearly a knowing theatrical craftsman, Hobart left nothing of importance behind.