Seymour Obermer

Obermer Seymour was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1867. Seymour travelled to Europe in 1894, residing in various countries, but appears to have mostly resided in London. He was an importer of American automobiles, accessories and parts. Under his own name, Seymour Obermer wrote the plays and 'The House of Bondage' (c.1909) and 'When the Clock Strikes Nine' (1917). He also wrote four plays under the name of Austin Page, 'By Pigeon Post' (1918), 'The Beating on the Door' (1922), 'A Devil in Bronze ' (1929), and 'Hocus Pocus' (1932). His first wife Amelia, with who he had a son, Edgar (b.1894/5), died in 1918 at age 48. In April 1925 he married his second wife, Nesta Sawyer (b. 1893). Nesta was a wireless programme presenter/reader, and later also became a playwright. Seymour and Nesta travelled and did a lot of charity work, most notably for the Heritage Craft Schools and Hospitals for Crippled Children, Chailey, Sussex. Obermer and Nesta moved to Hawaii in 1948. Obermer Seymour died in Honolulu, Hawaii in February 1957 at the age of 90.