Ervine, Saint John

Ervine, Saint John

▪ British dramatist
in full  Saint John Greer Ervine  
born Dec. 28, 1883, Belfast, Ire.
died Jan. 24, 1971, London, Eng.

      British playwright, novelist, and critic, one of the first to write dramas in the style of local realism fostered by the Irish literary renaissance.

      Ervine's best-known plays are Mixed Marriage (first performed 1911) and the domestic tragedies Jane Clegg (1913) and John Ferguson (1915). In 1915 he became associated with the Abbey Theatre. After World War I, Ervine settled in London and was a drama critic for The Observer. He wrote such books on drama as The Organized Theatre (1924) and The Theatre in My Time (1933). Later plays included such comedies as The First Mrs. Fraser (1928), a rousing London success; Robert's Wife (1937); and a reactionary play on nationalization, Private Enterprise (1947).

      Ervine also wrote biographies of Salvation Army general William Booth, Oscar Wilde, and George Bernard Shaw. His novels include Francis Place, The Tailor of Charing Cross (1912) and Alice and a Family (1915).

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