Alfred Sutro
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Alfred Sutro OBE
(August 7, 1863, London
– 1933) was a British
author and dramatist.
He was a translator and friend of Maeterlinck. Educated at the City of London School
and in Brussels
, he began his career with a series of translations of Maeterlinck's works, all of which except the dramas he translated from the French
. Afterward turning his attention to the drama, he at first collaborated with Arthur Bourchier
in producing The Chili Widow (1896), then wrote in rapid succession The Cave of Illusion (1900), Arethusa
(1903), A Marriage Has Been Arranged (1904), and finally made a great success with The Walls of Jericho
, produced at the Garrick Theatre
, London, on October 21, 1904.
Sutro married Esther Stella Isaacs, the sister of the 1st Marquess of Reading
, in 1894.
Order of the British Empire
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(August 7, 1863, London
London
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– 1933) was a British
United Kingdom
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author and dramatist.
He was a translator and friend of Maeterlinck. Educated at the City of London School
City of London School
The City of London School is a boys' independent day school on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London, England. It is the brother school of the City of London School for Girls and the co-educational City of London Freemen's School...
and in Brussels
Brussels
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, he began his career with a series of translations of Maeterlinck's works, all of which except the dramas he translated from the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
. Afterward turning his attention to the drama, he at first collaborated with Arthur Bourchier
Arthur Bourchier
Arthur Bourchier was an English actor and theatre manager. He married and later divorced the actress Violet Vanbrugh....
in producing The Chili Widow (1896), then wrote in rapid succession The Cave of Illusion (1900), Arethusa
Arethusa
- Mythology :* Arethusa , a nereid nymph who became a fountain* See Hesperides for Arethusa, a hesperid nymph- Places :* Arethusa , an ancient city in Mygdonia of ancient Macedonia* Arethusa , a titular see of Syria near Apameia...
(1903), A Marriage Has Been Arranged (1904), and finally made a great success with The Walls of Jericho
Jericho
Jericho ; is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate and has a population of more than 20,000. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently...
, produced at the Garrick Theatre
Garrick Theatre
The Garrick Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster. It opened on 24 April 1889 with The Profligate, a play by Arthur Wing Pinero. In its early years, it appears to have specialised in the performance of melodrama, and today the theatre is a...
, London, on October 21, 1904.
Sutro married Esther Stella Isaacs, the sister of the 1st Marquess of Reading
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, KC , was an English lawyer, jurist and politician...
, in 1894.
Works
- The Walls of Jericho (1904)
- John Glayde's honour (1907)
- The choice (1919)
- The great well (1923)