biography
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| lived:
| (1882–1937)
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| biography:
| Poet, playwright, and critic, born in London, UK. He was an insurance clerk who achieved an immediate success with his play Abraham Lincoln (1918), following this with Mary Stuart (1921) and other historical dramas. His first volume of poems appeared in 1923, and he also wrote several critical studies. He was one of the founders of the Pilgrim Players, and became manager of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. |
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