H. M. Harwood
Harold Marsh Harwood (29 March 1874 – 19 April 1959) was a British businessman, playwright, screenwriter and theatre manager.[1][2] He was the son of the businessman and politician George Harwood and the husband of F. Tennyson Jesse who co-wrote some of Harwood's work.[1] The Pelican was a successful play credited to the couple.[3] Screen writing credits include The Iron Duke and Queen Christina.
Life
[edit]He was born at Ellesmere Park, the son of George Harwood MP and his first Wife Alice Marsh, and grandson of the founder of the cotton-spinning business Richard Harwood & Son at Halliwell.[4][5] As a boy he saw Mary Anderson and Barry Sullivan at Manchester, and followed the Compton Comedy Company at Southport.[6] He was educated at Marlborough College and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1892. He graduated B.A. in 1895, and M.B., B.C. and M.A. in 1900.[7]
Selected works
[edit]- The Innocent Party (1938, play)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kabatchnik, Amnon (2011). Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. Scarecrow Press. pp. 29–33. ISBN 9780810877849.
- ^ Clarence Barnhart (1967). New Century Handbook of English Literature. p. 543.
- ^ "Gossip of the Theatres". Sydney Mail. New South Wales, Australia. 25 February 1925. p. 26. Retrieved 18 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Lloyd-Jones, Roger. "Harwood, Harold Marshunlocked (1874–1959)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48546. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Richard Harwood and Son - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk.
- ^ T.P.'s and Cassell's Weekly. Cassell. 1926. p. 510.
- ^ "Harwood, Harold Marsh (HRWT892HM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Colenbrander, Joanna (1984). A Portrait of Fryn (1st ed.). London: Andre Deutsch. ISBN 0233975721.
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