Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Harold Hobson
Standard Name: Hobson, Harold
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Samuel Beckett | Reviews by Harold Hobson
and Kenneth Tynan
were instrumental in the sensation created by this play in Britain. Brownstone, David, and Irene Franck. Timelines of the Arts and Literature. HarperCollins. 504 |
| Literary responses | Harold Pinter | This extraordinary play attracted immediate attention: Pinter was approached by an agent, Jimmy Wax
. The National Student Drama Festival of 1957 put on a production which was enthusiastically reviewed by Harold Hobson
, and... |
| Literary responses | Harold Pinter | Most reviewers of the premiere were both offended and contemptuous; they seemed annoyed or angered by Pinter's refusal to spell out who precisely his twin abductors represented. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Literary responses | Muriel Spark | The London theatre critics were scathing, with only two exceptions (though one of these, Harold Hobson
, carried a lot of weight). Pamela Hansford Johnson
trounced the play on the BBC
's radio programme The... |
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