Alexander Reid (playwright)
Alexander Reid (1914–1982) was a
Life
Alexander Reid was born on 19 August 1914 in Edinburgh, and educated at George Heriot's School. From 1929 to 1936 he worked as a journalist for the Edinburgh Evening News, before writing on Scottish history and literature for the SMT Magazine. A conscientious objector during World War II, he worked as a bookseller and accountant before becoming a full-time writer and broadcaster in 1948.
The Lass wi' the Muckle Mou was first performed at the
Reid's short stories include The Kitten[6] and A Warm Golden Brown.[7]
Reid edited the Saltire Society's quarterly Saltire Review from 1954 until 1960.[8] He died in Edinburgh on 1 July 1982.[2]
Published works
- Steps to a Viewpoint, 1947
- Zoo-illogical Rhymes, 1947
- The Milky Way, 1956
- Kirk and Drama, 1957
- Two Scots Plays (The Lass wi' the Muckle Mou and The Warld's Wonder), 1958
- The Young Traveller in France, 1963
Other plays
- The Wax Doll, 1956
References
- ^ The Edinburgh Festivals: Culture and Society in Postwar Britain – Angela Bartie – 2013 p. 80 "In 1957 one prominent playwright and commentator on theatre, Alexander Reid, had charged that the Festival had got 'bogged down' and was in danger of collapsing once its novelty wore off, unless the organisers found a continuing purpose."
- ^ ISBN 978-1-349-07587-4.
- ^ Reid, Alexander (1958), Two Scots Plays, Collins
- ^ The Lass wi' the Muckle Mou, Scotland On-Air
- ^ Edinburgh Gateway Company (1965), The Twelve Seasons of the Edinburgh Gateway Company, 1953 - 1965, St. Giles Press, Edinburgh, pp. 43 - 56
- ISBN 0435135457
- ISBN 0435135406
- ^ Reid, Alexander (ed.), Saltire Review 1, The Saltire Society, Edinburgh, April 1954
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