William Thomas Moncrieff
William Thomas Moncrieff (24 August 1794 – 3 December 1857) commonly referred as W.T. Moncrieff was an English dramatist and author.
Biography
He was born in
In 1818, he wrote The visitors' new guide to the spa of Leamington Priors and its vicinity.[4] Then in 1824, he wrote Excursion to Warwick,[5] and also, Excursion to Stratford upon Avon, ... with a compendious life of Shakspeare, ... account of the ... Jubilee, catalogue of the Shakspeare relics, etc.[6]
He managed
Soon afterward his sight failed, and in 1843 he became totally blind. The following year he entered the Charterhouse in London. Moncrieff's theatrical reminiscences were published in the Sunday Times in 1851. He edited Selections from Dramatic Works (London, 1850), containing 24 of his own plays.
References
- OCLC 664324635.
- ^ "Van Diemen's Land : An operatic drama in three acts".
- ^ Parker, p. 1196
- ^ William Thomas Moncrieff The visitors' new guide to the spa of Leamington Priors and its vicinity at Google Books
- ^ William Thomas Moncrieff Excursion to Warwick, with an Historical Account of the Town from the earliest Periods, the great Fire in 1694, Modern Improvements, Description and History of Saint Mary's Church, Beauchamp Chapel, Saint Nicholas Church, Leicester Hospital, the Priory, History, and description of Warwick Castle,(1824), p. 46, at Google Books
- ^ William Thomas Moncrieff Excursion to Stratford upon Avon, ... with a compendious life of Shakspeare, ... account of the ... Jubilee, catalogue of the Shakspeare relics, etc at Google Books
- ^ Andrew Mangham (Editor) The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction (2013), p. 56, at Google Books
Sources
- The New Century Cyclopedia of Names, ed. Clarence L. Barnhart (Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1954). p. 2788
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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- Parker, John, ed. (1925). Who's Who in the Theatre (fifth ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. OCLC 10013159.