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Portrait de Jacques Nayral, 1911, by Albert Gleizes

Nayral (a pseudonym for Joseph Houot) was a young modernist poet, dramatist, publisher and occasional sports writer,

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2022-11-17

Mr HA Jones, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 2 April 1892

Henry Arthur Jones was an English dramatist, who was first noted for his melodrama The Silver King (1882), and went on to write prolifically, often appearing to mirror Ibsen from the opposite (conservative) viewpoint.

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2022-10-01

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Antonin Artaud (4 Sep 1896 - 4 Mar 1948), French dramatist, poet, actor.

"Attempted to replace 'bourgeois' classical theatre with his 'theatre of cruelty,' a primitive ceremonial experience intended to liberate the human subconscious and reveal man to himself."

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2022-09-05

Happy birthday to us at - now we are 6! Our special anniversary guest is dramatist and novelist Michael Arditti, whose choice he considers to be an overlooked modern classic. https://t.co/NJOUFdsezz

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2022-07-25

Whether accurately attributed to US Senator Hiram Warren Johnson in 1918, Dr. Samuel Johnson in 1758, or the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus around 550 B.C., it is true:

"The first casualty of war is Truth."

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2022-07-11

Knut Hamsun was a Noble Prize winning author, poet, dramatist and social critic. ✍️💫📖

Item: https://t.co/cOxzMvCoXs

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2022-06-28

Knut Hamsun, pseudonym of Knut Pedersen, Norwegian novelist, dramatist, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. 📖

item price: 0.011 Eth on Polygon ($13.50)

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2022-06-14

William Butler Yeats was born 13 June 1865. Works by the poet and dramatist can be found across our holdings, but a perennial favourite is this inscribed copy of 'Into the Seven Woods' from the Curran/Laird collection. Happy Birthday, WBY!

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2022-06-13

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, dramatist, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. A leader of the Neoromantic revolt at the turn of the century, he rescued the novel from a tendency toward excessive naturalism. 📚

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2022-05-25

in 1857 dramatist ( Le Chandelier, Les caprices de Marianne), poet, novelist (La Confession d'un enfant du siècle) Alfred de Musset died of heart failure in Paris, aged 46. Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris

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2022-05-02

"That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library."

English dramatist Aphra Behn died in 1689.

Books by Aphra Behn at PG:
https://t.co/4G8m5HMQIQ

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2022-04-16

First detective novel written by an African-American, published during the Harlem Renaissance. Sequels were in the works but the author, Rudolph Fisher, who was also a doctor, musician and dramatist died in 1934 at the age of 37. The Conjure-Man Dies ()

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2022-03-04

sure to watch ‘Shy Man - Showman’ a documentary on the late Brian Friel, dramatist 10.15 tonight on … @#DDawson

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2022-01-07

W G Wills (28 Jan 1828 Co Dec 1891 London). Dramatist, novelist, painter, song lyrics.👨‍🎓 . Novels Notice to Quit & The Love That Kills about aftermath of Great Hunger. >30 plays! The Man of Airlie shown London/NY https://t.co/RhfU1x4Fth

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2021-12-13

Born on this day: Scottish poet and dramatist Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)

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2021-09-11

📆 On this day:

Willy Russell, Liverpool playwright, dramatist, composer and artist whose works include Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine was born, today celebrating his 74th birthday! 🎂

Check out our portrait of Willy Russell in our collections; https://t.co/PzNrvQmBzC

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2021-08-24

Here’s Elizabeth Tanfield/Cary, 17C child prodigy who developed into a scholar, poet, dramatist, translator & historian, the first woman to have written & published a play in English (Tragedy of Mariam). Here, two richly-dressed portraits of her with her favourite spangly shoes

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2021-06-26

Illustrations by Canadian artist Jillian Tamaki (b.1980) for Irish Myths and Legends(Folio Society) by Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932) Lady Gregory, dramatist & folklorist, co-founded the Irish Literary & the Abbey Theatres with W.B. Yeats

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2021-03-16

W G Wills (28 Jan 1828 Co Dec 1891 London). Dramatist, novelist, painter, song lyrics. . Novels Notice to Quit & The Love That Kills about aftermath of Great Hunger. >30 plays! The Man of Airlie shown London/NY. https://t.co/HPsToDcq3A

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2020-12-13