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26 de feb. de 2002 · Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943)- 'Aleck' to his friends - was a critic. His reputation was built on his wit and his skill as an arbiter of taste. He built a definite personality - acerbic, sometimes gushingly sentimental ('Old Vitriol and Violets' in James Thurber's phrase) - that was only sometimes connected to his written works.
18 de jul. de 2012 · According to Edwin P. Hoyt’s biography “Alexander Woollcott: The Man Who Came to Dinner,” he lifted it from an old London playbill in which the job title for a stagehand who specialized in ...
6 de nov. de 2017 · Alexander Humphreys Woollcott was an American critic and commentator of “The New Yorker” magazine. He was also a member of the Algonquin Round Table, a much celebrated group of writers, critics and actors. He started his career as a bank clerk before joining as a reporter at “The New York Times”. His poor eyesight and physique ...
1 de ene. de 1976 · September 10, 2012. Drama critic, author, lecturer, and actor Alexander Woollcott was a famous wit and a diamond in the tiara that was the Algonquin Round Table, a collection of some of the wittiest and brightest men and women of American letters in the early twentieth century. Woollcott's irascibility and acerbic nature were famous and he was ...
The hard-fought friendship between Harold Ross and Alexander Woollcott lasted a quarter century or more and ended in a draw. Each had such contempt for the other that their wordy relationship ...
Alexander Woollcott. Writer: The Man with Two Faces. Alexander Woollcott was born on 19 January 1887 in Phalanx, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Man with Two Faces (1934), The Dark Tower (1943) and Bobbed Hair (1925).
Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (1887-1943) was an American drama critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, an occasional actor and playwright, and a prominent radio personality.
