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[citation needed] In homage to Thespis, actors in the English-speaking part of the world have been referred to as thespians. Thespis was the title character in an 1871 comic opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan , the first collaboration between the two men, although the musical score has mostly been lost.
John Drinkwater (1 June 1882 – 25 March 1937) was an English poet and dramatist.He was known before World War I as one of the Dymock poets, and his poetry was included in all five volumes of Georgian Poetry (edited by Edward Marsh, 1912–1922).
At college, he began writing drama and, in 1972, took a programme of three one-act plays to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where they were seen by writer John McGrath, who recommended Russell to the Liverpool Everyman, which commissioned the adaptation, When The Reds…, Russell's first professional work for theatre.
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature to refer to playwrights as separate from poets.
Its subject was very topical, and its success was enormous. The play was a success, and Elliston made a fortune from it; T. P. Cooke, who played William, made his reputation; Jerrold received about £60 and was engaged as dramatic author at five pounds per week, but his reputation as a dramatist was established. [5]
Middleton authored many one-act plays and was a known proponent of the form. [4] He collaborated with Guy Bolton several times. The comedy Polly With a Past (1917) was one of their successes, running for 315 performances and making a star of Ina Claire. A film adaptation was made in 1920, and in 1929 the stage musical Polly was based on it
The marriage lasted from 1940 to their divorce in 1950, and they had one child, daughter Tamara Ustinov. Isolde was the half-sister of Angela Lansbury, who appeared with Ustinov in Death on the Nile. His second marriage was to Suzanne Cloutier, which lasted from 1954 to their divorce in 1971.
A pacifist, he was a conscientious objector during World War II, and served in the Non-Combatant Corps; for part of the time he cleaned London's sewers. [ 3 ] After the War, he wrote a comedy, A Phoenix Too Frequent , which was produced at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate , and revived at the Arts Theatre London, in 1946, starring Paul ...