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Henry Arthur Jones

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Henry Arthur Jones 1851-1929, English playwright. His reputation was first established with the melodrama The Silver King (with Henry Herman; 1882). Strongly influenced by the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, Jones turned to writing dramas of social and moral criticism. He was the author of over 60 plays, of which The Middleman (1889), Michael and His Lost Angel (1896), The Liars (1897), and Mrs. Dane's Defense (1900) are among the most important. His critical works include The Renascence of the English Drama (1895) and The Theatre of Ideas (1915). ... Read more
Jones, Henry Arthur
Jones, Henry Arthur (1851–1929), English...melodrama written by Jones in collaboration with Henry Herman which was many...With Pinero and Shaw, Jones was an important playwright...to Ibsen. Shaw praised Jones at the expense of Pinero... Read more
Jones, Henry Arthur
Jones, Henry Arthur (1851–1929), playwright. Along with Pinero and Shaw, a leading English dramatist of his day, he was an advocate of the tautly constructed problem play. Jones made his reputation in America as in England with his collaboration with Henry Herman, The Silver King ... Read more

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