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词条 Herbert Swears
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Herbert Swears
| birth_date = 26 December 1868
| birth_place = Surrey, United Kingdom
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|12|26|1868|12|26|df=y}}
| death_place = Sussex, United Kingdom
| citizenship = British subject
}}{{Use British English|date=December 2015}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}Herbert William Swears (26 December 1868 in Surrey – 6 March 1946 in Sussex) was an author and playwright active in the United Kingdom between 1890 and 1920. He worked as a bank clerk and his father was blind. He wrote 22 published works[1] including novellette and plays. Herbert Swears's one-act play The young idea was seen in 1936, long after publication across the Atlantic.[2] A tight corner was revived as recently as 2012 by the Comedy Playhouse in Arizona.[3][4] Swears acted as honorary secretary to the Irving Dramatic Society.[5] Herbert toured the world at least once with a renowned actress Dame Madge Kendal.[6][7]

Works

  • 1890 Semi Detached
  • 1890 Wayfarers
  • 1890 Home sweet home with variations
  • 1890 Love and Dentistry
  • 1890 Twilight
  • 1890 Home sweet home with variations
  • 1901 Too Many Cooks
  • 1903 Pansy, that's for thoughts
  • 1904 Mere Man one-act farce – love triangle involving members of an emancipated women's club[8]
  • 1905 Two on a bus
  • 1910 A tight Corner[9]
  • 1911 Granny's Juliet (novellette monologue)[10][11]
  • 1911 Hero and Heroine[12]
  • 1915 Dog Days[13]
  • 1916 The unknown quantity[14]
  • 1920 Captain X: A farcical comedy in three acts
  • 1922 Cupboard Love: A costume comedy in one act[15]
  • 1926 Woman's crowning glory
  • 1927 Things are seldom what they seem
  • 1930 Interlude
  • 1937 When all is said and done Memoir
  • Widows – adapted to the Scots dialect by Margaret M. Muir (1933)
  • The Whirlpool
  • The House of Clay
  • Such is Fame
  • Lady Interviewer
  • Cupid Astray

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2334361A/Herbert_Swears |title=Herbert Swears |publisher=Open Library |date= |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
2. ^"Setting the stage" by Herbert Whittaker page 104 McGill Queens University Press Canada)
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/theater/article_bc32ca92-d917-5d6f-b8f5-ce4dd324e5ba.html |title=Theater |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=2012-01-15 |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://groups.yahoo.com/group/tucsonstage/message/5540 |title=Yahoo! Groups |publisher=Groups.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
5. ^Jeffrey Richards, Sir Henry Irving: An actor in his world, 2005 Hambledon and London Pub, New York
6. ^"Ships pageant like a fashion parade", The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 March 1938
7. ^"Dramatic Notes", The Spokesman-Review, 24 October 1908, page 3
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/SWEARSMereMan1910 |title=SWEARS Mere Man 1910 : Swears, Herbert : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |publisher=Archive.org |date=2001-03-10 |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/atightcornerafa00sweagoog |title=A Tight Corner: A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts : Herbert Swears : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |publisher=Archive.org |date=2001-03-10 |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
10. ^{{cite web|author=Herbert Swears |url=http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7214722M/Granny%27s_Juliet |title=Granny's Juliet |publisher=Open Library |date= |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/grannysjulietimp00sweaiala |title=Granny's Juliet; an impression : Swears, Herbert : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |publisher=Archive.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
12. ^US Patent renewal catalog - Hero & heroine; by H. W. Swears. © Herbert William Swears, London. R 78334
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/dogdays00swea |title="Dog days" : Swears, Herbert : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |publisher=Archive.org |date=2001-03-10 |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
14. ^{{cite web|author=Herbert Swears |url=https://www.amazon.com/Unknown-Quantity-Three-Classic-Reprint/dp/B008Y2699M |title=The Unknown Quantity, a Play in Three Acts (Classic Reprint): Herbert Swears: Amazon.com: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date=2012-07-22 |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/cupboardlovecost00sweaiala |title=Cupboard love; a costume comedy in one act : Swears, Herbert : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |publisher=Archive.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-09}}
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