- William Moore (critic)
William Moore (
11 June 1868 –6 November 1937 ) was anAustralia n art and dramatic critic.was born at
Bendigo, Victoria , the son ofThompson Moore , at one time a member of theVictorian Legislative Assembly . He was educated atScotch College, Melbourne , and, after spending a few years in business, went on the stage and acted in theUnited States andGreat Britain . Returning toMelbourne he joined the staff of the Herald, and in 1905 published a small volume "City Sketches". This was followed in 1906 by "Studio Sketches Glimpses of Melbourne Studio Life". In 1909 Moore was responsible for an organization to encourage the production of local plays with both literary and dramatic qualities. In 1909 and 1910 several short plays were produced, including "The Woman Tamer" and "The Sacred Place" byLouis Esson , "The Burglar" byKatharine S. Pritchard , and Moore's "The Tea-Room Girl". This was published separately in 1910.In 1912 Moore went to
London and duringWorld War I served with the British army service corps. After the war he worked on the press inSydney for several years. In 1934 he published a conscientious and valuable work in two volumes, "The Story of Australian Art". The germ of this was a small pamphlet, "The Beginnings of Art in Victoria", which Moore had written in 1905, and the book was gradually built up from original sources over a long period of years. In 1937 with T. Inglis Moore he edited a collection of "Best Australian One-Act Plays", and contributed to it an introductory essay on "The Development of Australian Drama". He died at Sydney on6 November 1937 . In 1923 he married Madame Hamelius, well-known as aNew Zealand and Australian poet under the name ofDora Wilcox . Mrs Moore survived him.References
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