Hoping to revitalize poetic drama on the English stage, John Drinkwater began his playwriting career in 1911 by writing verse plays for Barry Jackson's amateur theater group, the Pilgrim Players, in B...
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In his own mind John Drinkwater was foremost a poet, but it was through his work as dramatist, playwright, biographer, essayist, critic, editor, and lecturer that Drinkwater gained readers for his poe...
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Although best known for his work in the theater, John Drinkwater would probably have defined himself as a poet. He was also active in the field of biography, and in fact his most successful play, Abra...
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In the following excerpt, Hind praises Drinkwater's poetry and his play Abraham Lincoln.
There must be many dramatic authors who, in face of the success of Abraham Lincoln: a Play, are sayin...
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An English literary figure, Greene is generally considered the most important Catholic novelist of the twentieth century. In his major works he explored the problems of spiritually and socially aliena...
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A major twentieth century American literary and cultural critic, Wilson wrote several influential critical studies, including Axel's Castle (1931), which examined literary symbolism. In the fol...
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Dukes was an important English playwright and drama critic during the first half of the twentieth century. He is most noted for his works on modern European theater, particularly poetic drama, and int...
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In the following essay, Sutton compares Drinkwater's historical plays to Greek drama.
It was as a poet that John Drinkwater first became known to readers, and it was in Birmingham, as actor ...
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In the following essay Bennett discusses Drinkwater's plays in relation to Elizabethan drama.
Fundamental to all discussion of literature is the idea that the appeal of any art to the public...
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In the following essay, Ropes analyzes representations of historical figures and events in Drinkwater's plays.
Not very long ago the remarkable success of Mr. John Drinkwater's Abraha...
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In the following essay, Cunliffe offers an overview of Drinkwater's major plays.
John Drinkwater is primarily a poet. He was associated with Rupert Brooke in the confident and successful eff...
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In the following essay, Ellehauge examines Drinkwater's aesthetic philosophy.
John Drinkwater continues the conscious revolt against the problem-play. His strong aversion to this school lead...
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In the following interview, Drinkwater discusses his life and literary career.
In the Highlands, on the outskirts of London, but a few doors from a house once inhabited by Coleridge, lives John Dri...
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John Drinkwater
Critical Essay by Charles Lewis Hind
