Four photographs featuring John Drinkwater at various times throughout his career as an actor, director, playwright and poet.
John Drinkwater photographs
This material is held atUniversity of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 150 MS235
- Dates of Creation
- 1913-1930s
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- English
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Drinkwater (1882-1937, poet, playwright, actor, director) was born at Leytonstone, Essex, on 1 June 1882. On meeting Barry Jackson with whom he bonded over their love of theatre he left his office job in Nottingham. Together they established an amateur theatre company in 1907 called the Pilgrim Players and turned it into a professional company by erecting a theatre building of their own, calling it the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. It opened in 1913 with a production of Twelfth Night. He left Birmingham in 1918 to take his own play 'Abraham Lincoln' to London and onto New York. From then on he continued to write and produce many plays and published poetry.
Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online Accessed: 15/11/06
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Custodial History
Former location: MSS 1/vi/2