William Aubrey Darlington

William Aubrey Cecil Darlington or W.A. Darlington (1890–1979), was a British writer and journalist who worked for many years as the drama critic of the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Life and career

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Darlington was primarily a journalist, working as a drama critic for the New York Times and The Daily Telegraph.[1]

Darlington also wrote novels, most successfully with his 1920 comic work Alf's Button which was adapted into several films.[2] He wrote an autobiography, I Do What I Like.

He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John’s, Cambridge, before joining the army during the First World War.[3]

Works

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  • Alf's Button (1920)
  • Egbert (1925)
  • Carpet Slippers (1931)
  • I Do What I Like (MacDonald, 1947)
  • The World of Gilbert and Sullivan (1950)
  • Six Thousand and One Nights: Forty Years a Drama Critic (1960)

References

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  1. ^ "William Aubrey Darlington b. 20 Feb 1890 Taunton, Somerset, England d. 1979: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy". www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ Low p.111
  3. ^ "W.A. Darlington, Ex-Stage Critic For London's Daily Telegraph, 89". The New York Times. 26 May 1979. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

Further reading

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  • Low, Rachael The History of the British Film, 1918–1929 George Allen & Unwin, 1971
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