Author:William Archer (1856-1924)
For authors with similar names, see Author:William Archer.
British translator and critic
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. A."
This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. A."
WorksEdit
- English Dramatists of To-day (1882)
- About the Theatre: Essays and Studies (1886) (external scan)
- Masks or Faces? (1888)
- William Charles Macready (1890)
- The Theatrical World (1893-1897), five volumes of critical notices
America To-Day, Observations and Reflections (1900)- Poets of the Younger Generation (1901)
- Real Conversations (1904)
- Play-Making: A Manual of Craftsmanship (1912)
- "Drama/11f#Recent," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (Recent English Drama)
TranslationsEdit
- Doll House (1889) by Henrik Ibsen
- A Visit (1892) by Edvard Brandes
- The Master Builder (1893) by Henrik Ibsen
- Peer Gynt (1892) by Henrik Ibsen
- Little Eyolf (1895) by Henrik Ibsen
- John Gabriel Borkman (1897) by Henrik Ibsen
- Tales of Two Countries (1891) by Alexander Kielland
- Eskimo Life (1893) by Fridtjof Nansen
Works about ArcherEdit
- "Archer, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- Correspondence in The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson Volume 2
- "Archer, William," in Men-at-the-Bar (2nd ed., p. 11), by Foster, J., London: Hazel, Watson and Viney, Limited (1885)
- "Archer, William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Archer, William," in A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists (p. 25), (ed.) by Joseph McCabe, London: Watts & Co. (1920)
- "Archer, Wm.," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1924, so these works are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 97 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
