Lee Wilson Dodd

Lee Wilson Dodd (July 11, 1879 - May 16, 1933) was a playwright, poet, and novelist. Several of his plays were made into films. He also wrote short stories and poems[1] as well as reviews. He was also a professor.

His Majesty Bunker Bean, a comedy in four acts (1922)

Set design schematic for His Majesty Bunker Bean

Dodd was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania.[2] He began his career as a lawyer.

Yale University has a collection of his papers.[3]

Several of his works were published in Harper's Magazine.[4] He had a poem published in Poetry, A Magazine of Verse.[5] In 1919, Dodd's novel The Book of Susan was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post.[6]

Dodd rented a camp at the Pocono Lake Preserve for many years, along with Henry Seidel Canby, before becoming one of the founders of the Yelping Hill Association.[6]

He corresponded with Albert Johannsen.

Dodd is quoted as having written: "Much that I sought, I could not find; much that I found, I could not bind; much that I bound, I could not free; much that I freed, returned to me."