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Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020

LC control no.n 79096858
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3552.E548
Personal name headingBentley, Eric, 1916-2020
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Variant(s)Bentley, Eric Russell, 1916-
Bentley, Eric, 1916-
Other standard no.Q1351104
Associated countryGreat Britain United States
Birth date1916-09-14
Death date2020-08-05
Place of birthBolton (Greater Manchester, England)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityTheater
Profession or occupationDramatists Critics
Found inHis A century of hero-worship, 1944.
Lord Alfred's lover, c1981: t.p. (Eric Bentley) p. 128 (received doctorate from Yale in 1941; playwright)
What is theatre?: CIP t.p. (Eric Bentley) CIP data sheet (b. Sept. 14, 1916)
Wikipedia, May 19, 2011 (Eric Bentley; b. Sept. 14, 1916, Bolton, Lancashire, England; critic, playwright, singer, editor, and translator; he became an American citizen in 1948)
New York Times, viewed August 6, 2020 (Eric Bentley ; died on Wednesday [08/05/2020] at his home in Manhattan at 103 ; influential theater critic as well as a scholar, author and playwright ; Eric Russell Bentley was born Sept. 14, 1916, in Bolton, Lancashire, England)
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/theater/eric-bentley-dead.html>
Associated languageeng