Anna Beecroft Briggs

Anna Beecroft Briggs (1860s-1949) was a Canadian-born American writer of plays and educational articles. Born in Greenbank, Ontario, Canada, she initially pursued a career as an organist and choir leader before deafness caused her to transition to writing. Briggs edited the Canadian Ladies' Home Journal and was a prolific contributor of essays, articles, and verse to American journals such as Good Housekeeping and the Ladies' Home Journal. After relocating to Los Angeles, California, she turned her civic interests to prison reform and crime detection, which she incorporated into several of her later plays, including The Jury Deliberates.

Early life and education Anna Beecroft was born in Greenbank, Lawrence (1927) records that she was born in Toronto, Canada, on March 15, 1864.

Her civic interests turned to prisoner rights, prison reform, and crime detection. The Jury Deliberates (one-act play, 1925) The Vanishing Jury (1929), Sensations, and Heart Beats (1942). Heart Beats gave rise to several Hollywood actors.

Selected works Courts of Injustice (1916) The Jury Deliberates (1925) The Vanishing Jury (1929) Sensations Heart Beats: A Comedy Drama in Three Acts (1942) (text)