Street, George Slythe. Letter from Lord Chamberlain’s Office recommending ’Sheila’ for licence. 18 May 1917.
Jacob Thomas Grein
Standard Name: Grein, Jacob Thomas
Used Form: J. T. Grein
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Edith Lyttelton | The play received mixed responses. The most enthusiastic review came from J. T. Grein
, founder of the Independent Theatre Society
, in the Westminster Gazette: The miracle of miracles! Here we have upon... |
| Literary responses | Githa Sowerby | G. S. Street
's letter from the Lord Chamberlain's office recommending the play for licence observed sympathetically that [t]he emotions are subtle—too much so, I fear, for the ordinary critics and public. |
| Literary responses | Emmuska Baroness Orczy | When the stage version of The Scarlet Pimpernel did open in London, at the New Theatre
, EBO
and her husband were foolishly excited to see it advertised in huge letters on the side... |
| Occupation | Julia Frankau | JF
was active in several fields as well as her successful writing career. She ran two businesses, and was a co-founder with J. T. Grein
of the Independent Theatre
, launched in February 1891 and... |
| Performance of text | Christopher St John | CSJ
's first dramatic adaptation/translation, The Good Hope, done in collaboration with Jacob Thomas Grein
, was produced by the Stage Society
at the Imperial Theatre
, London. Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976. Gale Research, 1978, 4 vols. Nicoll, Allardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930. Cambridge University Press, 1973. 928 Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998. 219 |
| Performance of text | George Bernard Shaw | GBS
's first play to receive a performance, Widowers' Houses, a socialist critique of landlords' exploitation of poor tenants, was privately produced at J. T. Grein
's Independent Theatre
in London. Innes, Christopher, editor. The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw. Cambridge University Press, 1998. xxi Innes, Christopher. Modern British Drama, 1890-1990. Cambridge University Press, 1992. 15 Weintraub, Stanley, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 10. Gale Research, 1982. |
| Performance of text | Elizabeth Robins | Alan's Wife, a play written by ER
and Florence Bell
, was produced by J. T. Grein
's Independent Theatre
; it was published by Henry and Co.
the same year. John, Angela V. Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life, 1862-1952. Routledge, 1995. 87, 243 |
| Performance of text | Henrik Ibsen | HI
's naturalist play Ghosts, which shocked audiences all over the world with its frank treatment of syphilis, had its first English performance, produced by J. T. Grein
at the Royalty Theatre
in London. McFarlane, James, editor. The Cambridge Companion to Ibsen. Cambridge University Press, 1994. xix, xxii Roose-Evans, James. London Theatre from the Globe to the National. Phaidon, 1977. 120 |
| Textual Production | Michael Field | Oscar Wilde
, William Archer
, and John Gray
were in the audience on the opening night. Field, Michael. “Introduction”. Sight and Song; with, Underneath the Bough, edited by R. K. R. Thornton and Ian Small, Woodstock Books, 1993. |
Timeline
February 1891: Theatre producer and critic J. T. Grein founded...
Building item
February 1891
Theatre producer and critic J. T. Grein
founded the Independent Theatre Society
in London to promote literary rather than commercial plays, and the new drama in particular.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
318
McDonald, Jan. The ’New Drama’ 1900-1914. Grove Press, 1986.
1-2
Texts
Heijermans, Herman. The Good Hope. Translators St John, Christopher and Jacob Thomas Grein, Hendersons, 1921.