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Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (January 19, 1887 – January 23, 1943) was an American drama critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, an occasional actor and playwright, and a prominent radio personality.
Alexander Woollcott was an American author, critic, and actor known for his acerbic wit. A large, portly man, he was the self-appointed leader of the Algonquin Round Table, an informal luncheon club at New York City’s Algonquin Hotel in the 1920s and ’30s.
Nov 6, 2017 · Alexander Woollcott was a renowned American drama critic, essayist, playwright, editor, actor & radio personality. This biography of Alexander Woollcott provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements & timeline.
American drama critic, among the best-known cultural personalities during the 1920s in New York. In his drama criticism from 1914 to 1928 (for the Times, the Herald, the Sun ... From: Woollcott, Alexander in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance ». Subjects: Performing arts — Theatre.
Mar 16, 2023 · Alexander Woollcott (January 19, 1887 – January 23, 1943) was an American critic and journalist known for his involvement in the Algonquin Round Table and his writings in The New Yorker magazine.
A graduate of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, class of 1891, Mr. Adams introduced football to the campus, played tackle on its first team, and won the Intercollegiate Tennis Championship. For these contributions to scholarship, his college conferred on him the degree of L.H.D. in 1926.
Alexander Woollcott was born on 19 January 1887 in Phalanx, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Man with Two Faces (1934), The Dark Tower (1943) and Bobbed Hair (1925). He died on 23 January 1943 in New York City, New York, USA.
