Clemence Dane

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Standard Name: Dane, Clemence
Birth Name: Winifred Ashton
Pseudonym: Clemence Dane
Pseudonym: Diana Portis
CD wrote, during the earlier twentieth century, over thirty plays for the stage, radio, and screen, in addition to her journalism and other non-fiction, and fourteen fictional works ranging from girls' school novels to detective fiction. Her work frequently addressed political issues of the day.
Black and white photograph of Clemence Dane, shown from the shoulders up, and posed with her body on an angle and her face turned to face the camera directly. She is wearing a black shirt with a long, dark, beaded necklace, and she has short, dark hair.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Textual Production Dorothy L. Sayers
Between 1928 and 1934, DLS edited three volumes under the series title Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror. Her introductions to these collections offered a scholarly history of the genre of detective...
Textual Production Dorothy L. Sayers
DLS was an enthusiastic and longstanding member of the Detection Club , a group of detective novelists who met regularly to discuss their craft. DLS helped to establish the club, and served as its President...
Textual Production Dorothy L. Sayers
Its authors planned the plot together before the broadcast and roughly outlined what each episode should contain. Each was given full stylistic control of her/his own segment.
Sayers, Dorothy L. et al. “The Scoop: Parts I-XII”. The Listener, Vol.
5
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The Listener. BBC.
(11 February 1931): 223
Later in the same...
Publishing Catharine Amy Dawson Scott
In 1923 she wrote a series of articles for Strand Magazine, entitled As I know them—Some Writers of Today, describing, among others, Clemence Dane and H. G. Wells .
Watts, Marjorie, and Frances King. Mrs. Sappho. Duckworth.
129
Friends, Associates Violet Trefusis
One of VT 's loyal friends at this troubled time was author Clemence Dane , who had sent her birthday greetings that June.
Jullian, Philippe et al. Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters. Hamish Hamilton.
57
Textual Features Rebecca West
Sketches of writers, artists, politicians, and public figures in the collection include Clemence Dane , Joseph Conrad , Lloyd George , and Winston Churchill .
Hutchinson, G. Evelyn. A Preliminary List of the Writings of Rebecca West, 1912-1951. Yale University Library.
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Texts

Dane, Clemence. Wild Decembers. William Heinemann, 1932.
Dane, Clemence. Will Shakespeare. William Heinemann, 1921.