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Alexander Mordaunt Shairp (13 March 1887 – 18 January 1939) was an English dramatist and screenwriter born in Totnes. In publications, he styled himself either as A. Mordaunt Shairp or Mordaunt Shairp.
The Green Bay Tree is a 1933 three-act drama written by Mordaunt Shairp that explores a "half-suggested homosexual relationship" between a man and his protégé or, in the words of one critic "a rich hot-house sybarite" and someone "he adopted at a tender age and has reared in emasculating luxury".
Mordaunt Shairp was born on 13 March 1887 in Totnes, Devon, England, UK. Mordaunt was a writer, known for The Dark Angel (1935), The White Angel (1936) and Matinee Theatre (1955). Mordaunt was married to Hilda L. Williams. Mordaunt died on 18 January 1939 in Hastings, England, UK.
- Writer
- March 13, 1887
- Mordaunt Shairp
- January 18, 1939
Dec 3, 2014 · On the London stage, Jamie Lloyd’s production of “Assassins”; a revival of “Accolade”; and Mordaunt Shairp’s 1933 play “The Green Bay Tree.”
Mordaunt Shairp (13 March 1887 – 18 January 1939) was an English dramatist and screenwriter born at Totnes. In January 1933, Frank Vosper had a major role in a play called ‘The Green Bay Tree’ by Mordaunt Shairp.
A beautiful young man is forced to choose between the love of his fiancée and the lifestyle of his male... Show results in search. . Alexander Mordaunt Shairp was born in 1887 in Totnes, Devon. He was educated at St Paul's School and Lincoln College Oxford. He spent most of his life.
By Mordaunt Shairp. (Playhouse.) I SEEM. to remember a time when to call a play " well-made " was a term, if not of reproach, at least of condescension. But how pleasant it is to see such a...
