John Drinkwater

John Drinkwater 1882-1937, English author. A founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, he was associated with it as actor, director, and general manager for many years. He is best known for his chronicle plays, including Abraham Lincoln (1918), Mary Stuart (1921), and Robert E. Lee (1923). Bird in Hand, a highly successful comedy, was produced in 1927. His other works include biographical studies, a novel, and several collections of poems.

Drinkwater, John (1882–1937), English poet and dramatist, who was for some years actor and general manager at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, where most of his plays were first produced. The most successful of his early verse plays was the anti-war X = O; A Night of the Trojan War (1917), after which he wrote in prose. His best work was Abraham Lincoln (1919); transferred to London, it ran for over a year and in 1920 was seen in America. Other chronicle plays—Mary Stuart (1922), Oliver Cromwell, and Robert E. Lee (both 1923)—were less successful, and the comedy Bird in Hand (1927; London, 1929) was the most popular of his later plays.

Drinkwater, John (1882–1937), a prolific poet, dramatist, critic, and actor. His work appeared in all five volumes of Georgian Poetry, and was collected in 1933 in Summer Harvest. He wrote many plays, including Abraham Lincoln (1918), Oliver Cromwell (1921), Mary Stuart (1922), and a successful comedy Bird in Hand (1927). He also wrote stories and plays for children, and many critical works.