Christopher St John

24 October 1871 - 20 October 1960

Writing from the beginning of the twentieth century, CSJ produced novels, biography, and love-journals, as well as her work for the stage, for which she wrote translations, adaptations, and original plays. She is best remembered for the suffrage play How the Vote Was Won, co-written with Cicely Hamilton .

BirthName: Christabel Gertrude Marshall
The surname sometimes appears as the variant Marshal.
Pseudonyms: Joanna Willett
She used this name for acting, not writing.
; Christopher St John; C. M.

Milestones

24 October 1871

Christabel Gertrude Marshall (later CSJ ) was born in Exeter, at 38 High Street, the youngest of nine children.

Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1900

CSJ published her first novel, The Crimson Weed, which takes its title from a transformation of the traditional symbol of the red rose.

Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998.

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13 April 1909

CSJ and Cicely Hamilton 's How the Vote Was Won, the most successful of the Edwardian suffrage plays, was first performed at the Royalty Theatre , London.

Hamilton, Cicely, and Christopher St John. How the Vote Was Won. 1st ed., Dramatic Publishing Company, 1910.

Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998.

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20 October 1960

CSJ died from pneumonia connected with heart disease at Tenterden in Kent; she was in her late eighties.

Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976. Gale Research, 1978, 4 vols.

Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984.

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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Birth and Background

24 October 1871

Christabel Gertrude Marshall (later CSJ ) was born in Exeter, at 38 High Street, the youngest of nine children.

Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.