American playwright, born in Concord, NH, on the 26th of July 1860; received his education at the high school of Charlestown, NH, and at the Boston Latin School; began newspaper-life at an early age, and succeeded Benjamin P. Shillaber as the humorous writer of the Boston Post in 1879. While doing this work and the dramatic criticism of the Post, he began to write plays, the first one being Gifford’s Luck, which was put upon the stage in 1882. This was followed by A Bunch of Keys (1883); A Rag Baby (1884); A Parlor Match (1884); A Tin Soldier (1885); A Hole in the Ground (1887); A Midnight Bell (1887); A Brass Monkey (1888); A Texas Steer (1889); A Trip to Chinatown (1889); A Temperance Town (1891); A Milk-White Flag (1893); A Black Sheep (1894); A Contented Woman (1895). Mr. Hoyt was something of a politician also, having been a member of the New Hampshire legislature in 1893 and 1895. He was one of the proprietors of Hoyt’s Theater, in New York. He died on the 20th of November 1900.
