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Henry Arthur Jones (20 September 1851 – 7 January 1929) was an English dramatist, who was first noted for his melodrama The Silver King (1882), and went on to write prolifically, often appearing to mirror Ibsen from the opposite (conservative) viewpoint.
Henry Arthur Jones (born Sept. 20, 1851, Grandborough, Buckinghamshire, Eng.—died Jan. 7, 1929, London) was an English playwright who first achieved prominence in the field of melodrama and who later contributed to Victorian “society” drama.
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Henry Arthur Jones was an English playwright and essayist, writing over 40 plays between 1878 and 1913. Born in Granborough, Buckinghamshire, Jones became one of the most eminent playwrights of the late nineteenth century, ranking alongside Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and Arthur Pinero.
Henry Arthur Jones. (1851—1929) playwright. Quick Reference. (1851–1929), dramatist, achieved success with The Silver King (1882). A friend and contemporary of Pinero, Jones did much to re‐establish serious themes in the theatre. As a young man he was greatly encouraged by G. B. Shaw and Beerbohm.
The English playwright Henry Arthur Jones first achieved prominence in the field of melodrama. Later in his career he wrote more sophisticated Victorian “society” dramas. Jones was born on a farm in Grandborough, Buckinghamshire, England, on Sept. 20, 1851.
Henry Arthur Jones: His Life and Plays The Life Henry Arthur Jones was born in 1851, the eldest of five children. He was of Welsh descent, although both his father and his grandfather were farmers in Buckingham shire. His upbringing was rigidly religious, as his family were dissenters. He first went to school when he was five,
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Abstract. Henry Arthur Jones used his considerable powers of rhetoric and persuasion, both written and spoken, in the cause of English drama, encouraging and accelerating change and experimentation, preparing the ground in which others, including his friends Pinero and Shaw, could develop and grow. He wrote, between 1882 and 1929, a constant ...
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