Playwrights Collection

Nell Dunn
Nell Mary Dunn (born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author pictured in London Life magazine in 1965. The daughter of Sir Philip Dunn, she was born in London and educated at a convent

In front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London
A great stage and a great curtain: in front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London. Top centre: a diagrammatic view of the revolving stage

John Masefield (1878 - 1917), English poet, playwriter and fiction writer. Date: 1914

Angus Ogilvy with J. M. Barrie
The Hon. Angus Ogilvey, (1928 - 2004), second son of the Earl of Airlie, and husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent pictured as a small child with his godfather, the author and playwright, J. M

Frederick Lonsdale
Playwright and librettist Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954). At the time he was mostly known for his musical comedies, but was also beginning to build a reputation for writing non-musical plays

Leading writers during the reign of King George V
Leading authors and playwrights during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Wells, Galsworthy, Bennett, Shaw, Barrie, Buchan, Chesterton

J. B. Priestley and Joyce Barbour
Writer J.B. Priestley (1894-1984) and actress Joyce Barbour (1901-1977), team captains in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Playwright Clemence Dane 1921
Clemence Dane (1888 - 1865), famous female playwright. The Sketch comments particularly on her play " Will Shakespeare", at that time still running at the Shaftesbury

These Clever People... Snapshots of Seven Writers. (clockwise from top left): Anita Leslie, Margery Lawrence, Helen Simpson, Aime Francois Tschifelly, Norah Hoult, Jill Craigie and Jeffrey Dell

Noel Coward at Cannes
Noel Coward (1899-1973) at Cannes. His play This Happy Breed was due to premier in October. The outbreak of World War II caused this to be delayed until 1942. The play was turned into a film in 1944

Carlo Goldoni / Venice
CARLO GOLDONI Italian playwrights home in Venice Date: 1707 - 1793

Captain Arthur Eliot, 1917
Captain Arthur Eliot, co-author with Captain Bruce Bairnsfather of the play, The Better Ole, based on Bairnsfathers Old Bill cartoons in The Bystander and staged at the Oxford Theatre

Keble Howard aka John Keble Bell (1875 - 1928), author, novelist and playwright. The third son of the Rev. G. E. Bell, he joined The Sketch magazine as Assistant Editor in 1899

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