- Alfred Sutro
Alfred Sutro OBE (
August 7 ,1863 ,London – 1933) was a British author and dramatist.He was a translator and friend of
Maeterlinck . Educated at theCity of London School and inBrussels , 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 withArthur 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 ofJericho ," produced at theGarrick Theatre , London, onOctober 21 ,1904 .Sutro married Esther Stella Isaacs, the sister of the 1st Marquess of Reading, in 1894.
Works
*"The Walls of Jericho" (1904)
*"John Glayde's honour" (1907)
*"The choice" (1919)
*"The great well" (1923)Bibliography on Jewish Encyclopedia
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Who's Who ", 1904References
*JewishEncyclopedia
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* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1192&letter=S Jewish Encyclopedia]
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