Rose was born in Stanstead, Quebec, and graduated from Chauncy Hall School in Boston in 1881, and studied for two years at Harvard University.
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As his New York Times obituary pointed out, he should not be confused with British playwright Edward Rose (1849–1904), who dramatized The Prisoner of Zenda.
Later that year McGlynn toured in a road production of Under the Red Robe, a story based on the Stanley Weyman novel that was adapted for the stage by Edward Everett Rose.
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He is sometimes confused or conflated with Edward Everett Rose (1862–1939), an American dramatist also known for dramatizing novels, notably Richard Carvel and the Penrod stories of Booth Tarkington.