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Robertson Davies Biography (1913-)
Born August 28, 1913, in Thamesville, Ontario, Canada,; son of William Rupert(a publisher) and Florence Sheppard (McKay) Davies; married Brenda Matthews(a theatrical stage manager), February 2, 1940; children: Miranda, Jennifer (Mrs. C. T. Surridge), Rosamund (Mrs. John Cunnington). Addresses: HOME--40 Oaklands Ave., Suite 303, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 2Z3. OFFICE--Massey College, University of Toronto, 4 Devonshire Pl., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaM5S 2E1. AGENT--Curtis Brown Ltd., 10 Astor Pl., New York, N.Y. 10003.
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- August 28, 1913
- Thamesville, Ontario, Canada
Famous Works
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Writings;PLAYS
- Fortune, My Foe (first produced in Kingston, Ontario, by the International Players, 1948), Clarke, Irwin, 1949.
- Eros at Breakfast and Other Plays (contains "Eros at Breakfast" [first produced in Montreal, Quebec, at the Montreal Repertory Theatre, 1948], "Overlaid" [first produced in Peterborough, Ontario, at Peterborough Little Theatre,1947], "The Voice of the People" [also see below; first produced in Montrealat the Montreal Repertory Theatre, 1948], "At the Gates of the Righteous" [first produced in Peterborough at the Peterborough Little Theatre, 1948], and"Hope Deferred" [first produced in Montreal at the Montreal Repertory Theatre, 1948]), with introduction by Tyrone Guthrie, Clarke, Irwin, 1949, revised edition published as Four Favorite Plays, 1968.
- At My Heart's Core (first produced in Peterborough at the Peterborough Little Theatre, 1950), Clarke, Irwin, 1952.
- A Masque of Aesop (first produced in Toronto, Ontario, at Upper Canada College, May, 1952), Clarke, Irwin, 1952.
- A Jig for the Gypsy (first produced in Toronto at the Crest Theatre, 1954), Clarke, Irwin, 1955.
- Love and Libel (based on Leaven of Malice; first produced in Toronto at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, November, 1960; first produced on Broadway at theMartin Beck Theatre, December, 1960), Studio Duplicating Service, 1960.
- A Masque of Mr. Punch (first produced in Toronto at Upper Canada College,1962), Oxford University Press, 1963.
- The Voice of the People, Book Society of Canada, 1968.
- Hunting Stuart and Other Plays (contains "Hunting Stuart" [first producedin Toronto at the Crest Theatre, 1955], "King Phoenix" [first produced in Peterborough, 1950], and "General Confession"), New Press, 1972.
- Brothers in the Black Art, first produced on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1974.
- Question Time (first produced in Toronto at the St. Lawrence Center, 1975), Macmillan, 1975.
- Pontiac and the Green Man, first produced in Toronto at the Macmillan Theatre, 1977.
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Writings;TELEPLAYS
- Brothers in the Black Art, CBC, 1974.
- Also Fortune, My Foe.
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Writings;RADIO PLAYS
- A Jig for the Gypsy.
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Writings;NONFICTION
- Shakespeare's Boy Actors, Dent, 1939, Russell, 1964.
- Shakespeare for Young Players: A Junior Course, Clarke, Irwin, 1942.
- The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks (collection of newspaper pieces originallypublished under pseudonym Samuel Marchbanks; also see below), Clarke, Irwin,1947.
- The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks (collection of newspaper pieces originally published under pseudonym Samuel Marchbanks; also see below), Clarke, Irwin, 1949.
- (With Tyrone Guthrie and Grant Macdonald) Renown at Stratford:A Record ofthe Shakespearean Festival in Canada, Clarke, Irwin, 1953, new edition, 1971.
- (With Guthrie and Macdonald) Twice Have the Trumpets Sounded:A Record ofthe Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Canada, Clarke, Irwin, 1954.
- (With Guthrie, Boyd Neal, and Tanya Moiseiwitsch) Thrice the Brinded CatHath Mew'd: A Record of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Canada, Clarke, Irwin, 1955.
- A Voice from the Attic, Knopf, 1960 (published in England as The PersonalArt: Reading to Good Purpose, Secker & Warburg, 1961).
- Le Jeu de centenaire, Comission du Centenaire, c. 1967.
- Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (collection of newspaper pieces originally published under pseudonym Samuel Marchbanks; also see below), McClelland &Stewart, 1967.
- The Heart of a Merry Christmas, Macmillan (Toronto), 1970.
- Stephen Leacock, McClelland & Stewart, 1970.
- (Editor and author of introduction) Feast of Stephen: An Anthology of Some of the Less Familiar Writings of Stephen Leacock, McClelland & Stewart,1970.
- (With Michael R. Booth, Richard Southern, Frederick Marker, and Lise-LoneMarker) The Revels History of Drama in English, Volume VI: 1750-1880, Methuen, 1975.
- One Half of Robertson Davies: Provocative Pronouncements on a Wide Rangeof Topics, Macmillan (Toronto), 1977, published as One Half of Robertson Davies, Viking, 1978.
- The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies, edited by Judith Skelton Grant, McClelland & Stewart, 1979.
- (Contributor) Robert G. Lawrence and Samuel L. Macey, editors, Studies inRobertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy, English Literary Studies, University ofVictoria, 1980.
- The Well-Tempered Critic: One Man's View of Theatre and Letters in Canada, edited by Grant, McClelland & Stewart, 1981.
- The Mirror of Nature (lectures), University of Toronto Press, 1983.
- The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks (contains portions of The Diary of SamuelMarchbanks, The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks, and Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack), Irwin Publishing, 1985, Viking, 1986.
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Writings;FICTION
- Tempest-Tost (also see below), Clarke, Irwin, 1951; Rinehart, 1952.
- Leaven of Malice (also see below), Clarke, Irwin, 1954; Scribners, 1955.
- A Mixture of Frailties (also see below), Scribners, 1958.
- Fifth Business (also see below), Viking, 1970.
- The Manticore (also see below), Viking, 1972.
- World of Wonders (also see below), Macmillan (Toronto), 1975; Viking, 1976.
- The Rebel Angels, Viking, 1982.
- High Spirits (stories), Viking, 1983.
- What's Bred in the Bone, Viking, 1985.
- The Deptford Trilogy (contains Fifth Business, The Manticore, and World of Wonders), Penguin, 1985.
- The Salterton Trilogy (contains Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice, and A Mixture of Frailties), Penguin, 1986.
- The Lyre of Orpheus, Viking, 1988.
- Murther & Walking Spirits, Viking, 1991.
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