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Brown, John Mason
Brown, John Mason (1900–69), critic and author. A native of Louisville, he studied under Professor George P. Baker at Harvard, then became an associate editor and drama critic of Theatre Arts Monthly. Brown left the magazine to become critic of the Evening Post in 1929, then moved to the World‐Telegram in 1939. Following service in World War II, he was appointed drama critic for the Saturday Review of Literature. From 1925 to 1931 he was a lecturer at the American Laboratory Theatre, and he conducted courses at Harvard, Yale, Middlebury College, and elsewhere. Among his many books are The Modern Theatre in Revolt (1929), Upstage: The American Theatre in Performance (1930), Letters from Greenroom Ghosts (1934), The Art of Playgoing (1936), Two on the Aisle (1939), Dramatis Personae (1963), and The Worlds of Robert E. Sherwood (1965). His style, often described as courtly or urbane, was suffused with an elegant humor, as in his recollection of his first exposure to theatre: “I have been stage‐struck ever since, when eight, I was taken to Macauley's Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky, to see Robert B. Mantell play King Lear, one of the few parts, I realize now, that he was still young enough to act.” Biography: Speak for Yourself, John, George Stevens, 1974.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Brown, John Mason." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Brown, John Mason." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BrownJohnMason.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Brown, John Mason." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BrownJohnMason.html |
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Brown, John Mason
Brown, John Mason (1900–69), New York drama critic, whose books include The Modern Theatre in Revolt (1929), Upstage (1930), Letters from Greenroom Ghosts (1934), The Art of Playgoing (1936), Accustomed as I Am (1942), Seeing Things (1946), As They Appear (1952), and Dramatis Personae (1963). To All Hands (1943) and Many a Watchful Night (1944) treat the Allied invasion of Europe in World War II, in which he served in the navy. His biographical works include Through These Men (1956), about contemporary figures, and The Worlds of Robert E. Sherwood (1956).
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Brown, John Mason." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Brown, John Mason." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-BrownJohnMason.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Brown, John Mason." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-BrownJohnMason.html |
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Brown, John Mason (1837-1890)
Brown, John Mason (1837-1890)American lawyer who lived among Indian tribes and studied their beliefs and customs. In 1866 he reported on the gift of prophecy by a medicine man. |
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"Brown, John Mason (1837-1890)." Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Brown, John Mason (1837-1890)." Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403800814.html "Brown, John Mason (1837-1890)." Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403800814.html |
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