Theatre World found this immeasurably Dodie Smith's best play, expressing admiration for her vivid sense of character and situation.
“Review of Dodie Smith’ <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Dear Octopus</span>”;. Theatre World.
(October 1938)
James Agate
wrote a flattering review that even compared some of her characters to...
Occupation
Hélène Barcynska
As well as devoting steady time and effort to her writing, HB
founded a theatre company which she called Rogues and Vagabonds Repertory Players
, because she discovered the Welsh theatre culture and thought they...
Timeline
21 September 1938: Emlyn Williams's play The Corn is Green,...
Writing climate item
21 September 1938
Emlyn Williams
's playThe Corn is Green, set in a Welsh mining town, was presented at the Duchess Theatre
in London, starring Williams himself, with Sybil Thorndike
as an elderly schoolmistress.