Harriett Jay
Harriett Jay (2 September 1853 – 21 December 1932)[1] was a British writer and playwright who often wrote under the pseudonym of Charles Marlowe. Several of her plays were turned into films. She is best known for her 1906 comedy play When Knights Were Bold.[2]
Selected plays
[edit]- Alone in London (1892)
- When Knights Were Bold (1906)
References
[edit]- ^ Harriett Jay: A Biography Retrieved 13 April 2016
- ^ Nicoll, p. 330.
Bibliography
[edit]- Nicoll, Alardyce (1973). English Drama, 1900–1930: The Beginnings of the Modern Period. Cambridge University Press.
External links
[edit]- Harriett Jay at IMDb
- Harriett Jay, aged 27, on the cover of The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, 18 December 1880
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- 1853 births
- 1932 deaths
- 19th-century English dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century English novelists
- 20th-century English novelists
- People from Grays, Essex
- 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
- English women novelists
- English women dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century pseudonymous writers
- Pseudonymous women writers
- Victorian women writers
- Victorian novelists
- Writers from Essex