Trilling, Ossia

Trilling, Ossia
▪ 1995

      Polish-born theatre critic (b. Sept. 22, 1913, Bialystok, Russian Empire [now Poland]—d. Sept. 13, 1994, London, England), as a London-based correspondent and magazine editor, tirelessly promoted European theatre for more than 50 years. Trilling moved with his family from Poland to Russia, Finland, and, finally, England. He was educated at St. Paul's School, London, and St. John's College, Oxford, where he joined the university dramatic society. In 1937 he codirected the British premieres of August Strindberg's The Road to Damascus and Queen Christina. After serving with the army intelligence corps during World War II, Trilling took up writing. He coedited Theatre Newsletter (1946-51) and International Theatre; founded the Theatre News Agency (1946); contributed on a regular basis to such publications as Theatre World, The Stage, The Times, The Independent, and the Financial Times; and did radio broadcasts for the BBC World Service. The multilingual Trilling traveled widely, covering drama from Scandinavia to Hungary to Israel and serving as an adviser for theatre companies from Belgium to Yugoslavia. He was also vice president of the International Association of Theatre Critics (1956-77). In 1980 he was made an Officer of the Royal Order of the North Star in recognition of his contributions to theatre in Sweden. Trilling was a regular contributor on the theatre to the Britannica Book of the Year from 1963 until 1990, when he suffered a stroke.

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