Bottomley, Gordon
Related Category: English Literature, 20th cent. to the Present: Biographies
1874–1948, English poet and dramatist, b. Yorkshire. His major artistic efforts were directed at reviving verse drama in English. Among his plays are
The Crier by Night (1902),
The Riding To Lithend (1909),
King Lear's Wife (1915), and
Gruach (1921); the latter two are “prefaces” to the action of
Lear and
Macbeth respectively. His volumes of poetry include
A Vision of Giorgione (1910).