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119https://historysoa.com/items/show/119Barrie, James Matthew<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Barrie%2C+James+Matthew+%281860%E2%80%931937%29">Barrie, James Matthew (1860–1937)</a>Sir J. M. Barrie, baronet (1860–1937); playwright and novelist.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Barrie-James-Matthew<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30617" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30617</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1891">1891</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1937">1937</a>Sir J. M. Barrie, baronet (1860–1937; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright and novelist. Prolific author and contributor to major journals. Best known for the creation of Peter Pan. Joined the Society of Authors in 1891.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860">1860</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of J. M. Barrie. Sepia Carbon Print. 1892. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie#/media/File:James_Matthew_Barrie00.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie#/media/File:James_Matthew_Barrie00.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/119/1892-Barrie-James-Matthew.jpegCouncil, drama, fiction, journalism
27https://historysoa.com/items/show/27Burnand, Francis Cowley<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Burnand%2C+Francis+Cowley+%281836%E2%80%931917%29">Burnand, Francis Cowley (1836–1917)</a>Sir F. C. Burnand (1836–1917); author, editor and playwright.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Burnand-Francis-Cowley<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32183" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32183</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1917">1917</a>Sir F. C. Burnand (1836–1917; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); author, editor and playwright. Became editor of&nbsp;<em>Punch </em>in 1880, a post he held until 1906. A prolific playwright, he is best known as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan's comic opera <em>Cox and Box </em>(1866)<em>. </em><span>Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.</span><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1836">1836</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a>Walery. Portrait of Frank Burnand. Carbon Print. Sampson Low &amp; Co., Nov. 1888. NPG x9112 <span>© National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw159922/Frank-Burnand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw159922/Frank-Burnand</a>.</span>https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/27/1888-11-Burnand-Frank.jpgdrama, editing, Vice-Presidents
128https://historysoa.com/items/show/128Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa Richards<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Craigie%2C+Pearl+Mary+Teresa+Richards+%281867%E2%80%931906%29">Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa Richards (1867–1906)</a>Pearl Craigie (1867–1906); novelist and playwright.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Craigie-Pearl-Mary-Teresa-Richards<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32612" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32612</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Hobbes%2C+John+Oliver">Hobbes, John Oliver</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=F">F</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906">1906</a>Pearl Craigie (1867–1906; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and playwright under the name John Oliver Hobbes. Wrote many successful novels, plays and essays.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1867">1867</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>Beresford, George Charles. Portrait of John Oliver Hobbes. Sepia-Toned Platinotype. c. 1903. NPG x6997 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19669/John-Oliver-Hobbes-Pearl-Mary-Teresa-Craigie-ne-Richards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw19669/John-Oliver-Hobbes-Pearl-Mary-Teresa-Craigie-ne-Richards</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/128/1903-Hobbes-John-Oliver.jpgCouncil, criticism, drama, fiction
176https://historysoa.com/items/show/176Critchett, Richard Claude<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Critchett%2C+Richard+Claude+%281856%E2%80%931928%29">Critchett, Richard Claude (1856–1928)</a>Richard Claude Critchett (1856–1928); actor and playwright (as Claude Carton or R. C. Carton).<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Critchett-Richard-Claude<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32315" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32315</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Carton%2C+Claude">Carton, Claude</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Carton%2C+R.+C.">Carton, R. C.</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chairman+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">Chairman (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Actor">Actor</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1928">1928</a>Richard Claude Critchett (1856–1928; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); actor and playwright (as Claude Carton or R. C. Carton). Collaborated with <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Rowlands-Abraham-Cecil-Francis-Fothergill">Cecil Raleigh</a> in the 1880s, and began to write plays alone in the 1890s. Also collaborated with <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/McCarthy-Justin-Huntly">Justin Huntly McCarthy</a>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1856">1856</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Ellis, Alfred. Portrait of Claude Carton (Richard Claude Critchett). Carbon Print. Eglington &amp; Co., 1893. NPG Ax28846 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw147221/Claude-Carton-Richard-Claude-Critchett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw147221/Claude-Carton-Richard-Claude-Critchett</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/176/1893-Critchett-Richard-Claude.jpgCouncil, drama
134https://historysoa.com/items/show/134Dubourg, Augustus William<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dubourg%2C+Augustus+William+%281830%E2%80%931910%29">Dubourg, Augustus William (1830–1910)</a>Augustus William Dubourg (1830–1910); novelist and playwright. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Dubourg-Augustus-William<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Doubleday%2C+A.+W.">Doubleday, A. W.</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1910">1910</a>Augustus William Dubourg (1830–1910); novelist and playwright. Primarily wrote comedies and romantic dramas; also wrote two novels and contributed to periodicals, including <em>Once a Week</em> and <em>Temple Bar</em>.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1830">1830</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>Moseley, R. S. Portrait of Augustus William Dubourg. Oils on Board. c. 1912.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/134/1912-Dubourg-Augustus-William.jpegCouncil, drama, fiction, journalism
38https://historysoa.com/items/show/38Gilbert, William Schwenck<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gilbert%2C+William+Schwenck+%281836%E2%80%931911%29">Gilbert, William Schwenck (1836–1911)</a>Sir W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911); playwright.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Gilbert-William-Schwenck<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33400</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1911">1911</a>W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright. Best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan; the two produced fourteen comic operas. <span>Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.</span><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1836">1836</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906%2F07">1906/07</a>Elliott &amp; Fry. Portrait of W. S. Gilbert. Photograph. 1878. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert#/media/File:William_S._Gilbert_(1878).jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert#/media/File:William_S._Gilbert_(1878).jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/38/1879-Gilbert-William-Schwenck.jpgCouncil, drama, Vice-Presidents
141https://historysoa.com/items/show/141Jerome, Jerome Klapka<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jerome%2C+Jerome+Klapka+%281859%E2%80%931927%29">Jerome, Jerome Klapka (1859–1927)</a>Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927); novelist and playwright.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Jerome-Jerome-Klapka<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34183" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34183</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1889">1889</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1927">1927</a>Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and playwright. Co-edited <em>The Idler</em>, publishing works by writers including Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Marie Corelli, <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Doyle-Arthur-Conan">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, Rudyard Kipling and <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Jacobs-William-Wymark">W. W. Jacobs</a>. Founded the weekly <em>To-Day</em>. Also published several novels and an autobiography. Joined the Society of Authors in 1889.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1859">1859</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Barraud, Herbert Rose. Portrait of Jerome Klapka Jerome. Carbon Print. Eglington &amp; Co., 1893. NPG Ax27638 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121499/Jerome-Klapka-Jerome" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw121499/Jerome-Klapka-Jerome</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/141/1893-Jerome-Jerome-Klapka.jpgCouncil, drama, editing, fiction, journalism, life writing
142https://historysoa.com/items/show/142Jones, Henry Arthur<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Jones%2C+Henry+Arthur+%281851%E2%80%931929%29">Jones, Henry Arthur (1851–1929)</a>Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929); playwright.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Jones-Henry-Arthur<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34230" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34230</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1897+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1897 (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chairman+%28Drama+Sub-Committee%29">Chairman (Drama Sub-Committee)</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chairman+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">Chairman (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1929">1929</a>Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright. Produced many successful plays; later in life, also wrote political essays.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1851">1851</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1907">1907</a>Downey, W. &amp; D. Portrait of Henry Arthur Jones. Carbon Print. Cassell &amp; Co., 1892. NPG x134594 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw202224/Henry-Arthur-Jones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw202224/Henry-Arthur-Jones</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/142/1892-Jones-Henry-Arthur.jpgCouncil, criticism, drama, politics
207https://historysoa.com/items/show/207Klein, Charles<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Klein%2C+Charles+%281867%E2%80%931915%29">Klein, Charles (1867–1915)</a>Charles Klein (1867–1915); playwright and actor.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Klein-Charles<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Actor">Actor</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1915">1915</a>Charles Klein (1867–1915); playwright and actor. Wrote many successful plays, primarily melodramas.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1867">1867</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of Charles Klein. Photograph. 1907. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Klein#/media/File:Charles_Klein.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Klein#/media/File:Charles_Klein.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/207/1907-Klein-Charles.jpegdrama
49https://historysoa.com/items/show/49Merivale, Herman Charles<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Merivale%2C+Herman+Charles+%281839%E2%80%931906%29">Merivale, Herman Charles (1839–1906)</a>Herman Charles Merivale (1839–1906); playwright and novelist.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Merivale-Herman-Charles<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34993" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34993</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dale%2C+Felix">Dale, Felix</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906">1906</a>Herman Charles Merivale (1839–1906; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright and novelist. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors in 1884, joining the <a href="https://historysoa.com/exhibits/show/management-committee">Committee of Management</a> in the same year.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1839">1839</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=67&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Committee+of+Management">Committee of Management</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>Elliott &amp; Fry. Portrait of Herman C. Merivale. Photograph. Reproduced in<em> Bar, Stage &amp; Platform. </em>London: Chatto &amp; Windus, 1902. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Charles_Merivale#/media/File:Herman_Charles_Merivale_autobiography_portrait.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Charles_Merivale#/media/File:Herman_Charles_Merivale_autobiography_portrait.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/49/1902-Merivale-Herbert-Charles.jpegCommittee of Management, Council, drama, fiction, Vice-Presidents
154https://historysoa.com/items/show/154Pinero, Arthur Wing<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Pinero%2C+Arthur+Wing+%281855%E2%80%931934%29">Pinero, Arthur Wing (1855–1934)</a>Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934); playwright.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Pinero-Arthur-Wing<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35530" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35530</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1909+%28Chairman+of+New+Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1909 (Chairman of New Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chairman+%28New+Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">Chairman (New Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1899+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1899 (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1934">1934</a>Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright. Joined the Dramatic Sub-Committee in 1899; chairman of the new Dramatic Sub-Committee from 1909.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1855">1855</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=New+Dramatic+Sub-Committee">New Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Downey, W. &amp; D. Portrait of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. Carbon Print. Cassell &amp; Company, Ltd., 1893. NPG x12459 © National Portrait Gallery, London.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/154/1893-Pinero-Arthur-Wing.jpgCouncil, drama
56https://historysoa.com/items/show/56Reade, Charles<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Reade%2C+Charles+%281814%E2%80%931884%29">Reade, Charles (1814–1884)</a>Charles Reade (1814–1884); novelist and playwright.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Reade-Charles<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23224" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23224</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>Charles Reade (1814–1884; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and playwright. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1814">1814</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884">1884</a>Goodman, George. Portrait of Charles Reade. Albumen Carte De Visite. 1870-1884. NPG x136252 <span>© National Portrait Gallery, London. </span><a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw218230/Charles-Reade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw218230/Charles-Reade</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/56/1870-1884-Reade-Charles.jpgCouncil, drama, fiction, Vice-Presidents
104https://historysoa.com/items/show/104Rose, Edward<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rose%2C+Edward+%281849%E2%80%931904%29">Rose, Edward (1849–1904)</a>Edward Rose (1849–1904); playwright.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Rose-Edward<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1904">1904</a>Edward Rose (1849–1904); playwright. Regular contributor to the <em>Illustrated London News</em> and theatre critic for the <em>Sunday Times</em>. Best known for his 1896 adaptation of<em> The Prisoner of Zenda </em>by <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Hawkins-Anthony-Hope">Anthony Hope</a>; also adapted other works by Hope.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1849">1849</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Committee+of+Management">Committee of Management</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a>Portrait of Edward Rose. Photograph. Reproduced in Rose, Edward. Columbus: A Historical Play in Five Acts. London: Eppingham Wilson, 1873. <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VIJVls3eY0sC" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VIJVls3eY0sC</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/104/1873-Rose-Edward.pngCommittee of Management, Council, criticism, drama, journalism
182https://historysoa.com/items/show/182Rowlands, Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rowlands%2C+Abraham+Cecil+Francis+Fothergill+%281856%E2%80%931914%29">Rowlands, Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill (1856–1914)</a>Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill Rowlands (1856–1914); actor and playwright (as Cecil Raleigh).<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Rowlands-Abraham-Cecil-Francis-Fothergill<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Raleigh%2C+Cecil">Raleigh, Cecil</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Actor">Actor</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1914">1914</a>Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill Rowlands (1856–1914); actor and playwright (as Cecil Raleigh). Wrote many successful plays with collaborators including <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Critchett-Richard-Claude">R. C. Carton</a> and <a href="https://historysoa.com/people/Sims-George-Robert">George Robert Sims</a>; also reviewed theatre for several London papers.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1856">1856</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Raleigh, Cecil. <em>The Sins of Society: A Novel</em>. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co. <a href="https://archive.org/details/sinsofsocietynov00raleiala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/sinsofsocietynov00raleiala</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/182/Raleigh-Cecil.pngcriticism, drama, journalism
107https://historysoa.com/items/show/107Shaw, George Bernard<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Shaw%2C+George+Bernard+%281856%E2%80%931950%29">Shaw, George Bernard (1856–1950)</a>George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950); playwright and polemicist.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Shaw-George-Bernard<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36047" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36047</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=84&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1897">1897</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=72&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1915+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1915 (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=71&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1906+%28Dramatic+Sub-Committee%29">1906 (Dramatic Sub-Committee)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1950">1950</a>George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright and polemicist. Also wrote several novels, political and social writings, and criticism.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1856">1856</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=67&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1905">1905</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Committee+of+Management">Committee of Management</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Council">Council</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Drama+Sub-Committee">Drama Sub-Committee</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=69&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1905">1905</a>Elliott &amp; Fry. Portrait of George Bernard Shaw. 1900. NPG x81843 © National Portrait Gallery, London. <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw98349/George-Bernard-Shaw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw98349/George-Bernard-Shaw</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/107/1900-Shaw-George-Bernard.jpgCommittee of Management, Council, criticism, drama, journalism, politics
183https://historysoa.com/items/show/183Symonds, Emily Morse<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Symonds%2C+Emily+Morse+%281860%E2%80%931936%29">Symonds, Emily Morse (1860–1936)</a>Emily Morse Symonds (1860–1936); novelist and playwright (as George Paston).<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Symonds-Emily-Morse<a referrer="origin-when-cross-origin" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/50684" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/50684</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=81&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Paston%2C+George">Paston, George</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Author">Author</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=F">F</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1936">1936</a>Emily Morse Symonds (1860–1936; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); novelist and playwright (as George Paston). Published a study of the Murray publishing house, several novels with feminist themes, plays and biographies.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860">1860</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=56&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Dramatic+Sub-Committee">Dramatic Sub-Committee</a>Paston, George. <em>Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Her Times</em>. London: Methuen &amp; Co., 1907. <a href="https://archive.org/details/ladymarywortley03pastgoog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://archive.org/details/ladymarywortley03pastgoog</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/183/1907-Paston-George.pngdrama, fiction, life writing, publishing
70https://historysoa.com/items/show/70Wills, William Gorman<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Wills%2C+William+Gorman+%281828%E2%80%931891%29">Wills, William Gorman (1828–1891)</a>W. G. Wills (1828–1891); playwright and portrait painter.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Person">Person</a>Wills-William-Gorman<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29608" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29608</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=73&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1884+%28Vice-President%29">1884 (Vice-President)</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=66&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Vice-President">Vice-President</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Painter">Painter</a>; <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=34&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Playwright">Playwright</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=79&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=M">M</a><a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=83&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1891">1891</a>W. G. Wills (1828–1891; <em>Oxford DNB</em>); playwright and portrait painter. Produced over thirty plays, several novels, lyrics and poetry. Appointed a Vice-President of the Society of Authors.<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=82&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1828">1828</a>Portrait of William Gorman Wills. Photograph. Reproduced in Freeman Wills, <em>W. G. Wills: Dramatist and Painter</em>. London: <span>Longmans, Green</span><wbr /><span>, &amp; Co., </span>1898. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Wills#/media/File:William_Gorman_Wills.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Wills#/media/File:William_Gorman_Wills.jpg</a>.https://historysoa.com/files/original/1/70/1898-Wills-William-Gorman.jpegart, drama, fiction, poetry, Vice-Presidents