Correspondence with E. Martin (Eliott Martin) Browne and dramatic compositions, 1948-1959.

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Correspondence with E. Martin (Eliott Martin) Browne and dramatic compositions, 1948-1959.

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Includes 57 letters addressed to Browne and numerous plays for the stage, including Cat's prologue, The cocktail party, The confidential clerk, The elder statesman, The family reunion, Murder in the cathedral, and The rock, with notes on play adaptations by Browne.

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Browne, E. Martin (Elliott Martin), 1900-1980

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English actor and producer, closely connected with the revival of poetic and religious drama in England, Browne was responsible for the first production (1935) of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral and produced all of Eliot's subsequent plays. He was director of the Pilgrim Players, the Mercury Theatre (1945- ) and the British Drama League (1945-1957); visiting professor at the Program in Religious Drama at Union Theological Seminary, N.Y. (1957-1962); and Honorary Drama Adviser to the New Cov...