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Description: | Allan Monkhouse, also known as A. N. Monkhouse (1858-1936), was a dramatic and literary critic - notably for the "Manchester Guardian", where he worked for many years - as well as a writer in his own right. His first play was written for Annie Horniman's new company at the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester in 1908. He went on to write further plays and novels as well as literary reviews. The collection primarily consists of letters sent to Monkhouse by friends, acquaintances, authors, playwrights, actors, directors and publishers, relating to: literature in general, their own work, Monkhouse's writing, his work as a critic, his job at the "Manchester Guardian" and personal matters. His correspondents include such figures as Arnold Bennett, H. E. Bates, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, Arthur Ransome, John Galsworthy, Harley Granville Barker, Sybil Thorndike and Annie Horniman. There are also cuttings of reviews, along with a small number of theatre programmes and photographs.; Handlists and catalogues are available for the papers of Horniman, Dean, Hunt, Joseph, Slade, Nicholson, Pettitt, Monkhouse, Montague, Thrale-Piozzi, North West Playwrights, Donat and "Manchester Guardian". Allardyce Nicholl Collection recorded on on-line catalogue of printed books.
John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Special Collections Division, University of Manchester, | Format: | Correspondence Documents (production) Press cuttings Photographs (production) Programmes Documents (personal) | Subjects: | Dramatic criticism Great Britain; Drama 20th century; Dramatists etc. reviews English; Criticism Great Britain; Newspapers Sections columns Journalism; Reviews; Repertory theatre | Temporal: | 1890 1940 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | 150 Deansgate, Manchester,,
M3 3EH | Creator: | Allan Monkhouse | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Correspondence Documents (production) Press cuttings Photographs (production) Programmes Documents (personal) | Go to resource |
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