St. John ERVINE

(1883-1971)

Irish novelist, biographer, critic, and dramatist. Born in Belfast on December 28, 1883.Died London on January 24, 1971.

Plays

1. Mixed Marriage (1911)
2. John Ferguson (1915)
3. Jane Clegg (1913)
4. Robert's Wife (1937)
5. The First Mrs. Fraser (1929
6. The Lady of Belmont (1927), an imaginative sequel to Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice;
7. Boyd's Shop (1935);
8. Robert's Wife (1937);
9. Friends and Relations (1940);
10. Private Enterprise (1947);
11. My Brother Tom (1952)
12. Esperanza (1957).

Other Works

• Bernard Shaw- a biography (1956)
• How to Write a Play (1928)
• The Theatre in My Time (1933).