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Alfred Sutro a British playwright has a collection containing five one act plays such as “The Man in the Stalls,” “A Marriage Has Been Arranged…”, “The Man on the Kerb,” “The Open Door,” and “The Bracelet.” Alfred Sutro OBE was an English writer, dramatist and translator. Included to his best known plays in the early 20th century, Sutro had written the first English translations of works by the Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck. Sutro was born in London, the youngest son of Sigismund Sutro, a medical doctor and specialist on continental spas and their cures. Sutro senior, who was German and Spanish Sephardic, had gone from Germany to England as a young lad and became a British citizen. Sutro was enrolled at the City of London School and in Brussels. He worked as an office clerk in the City and when he reached adulthood he and his older brother Leopold made a partnership, having a business at trading in wholesale. He married Esther Stella, daughter of Joseph Michael Isaacs, a fruit business owner and importer in Covent Garden; her brother, Rufus Isaacs, was a professional lawyer and statesman. Stella Isaacs was an artist, and convinced Sutro that he should give up business and gain money in the arts. The Sutros resided in Paris, they made friends with Maurice Maeterlinck, with whom Sutro had a lifetime friendship. Sutro translated Maeterlinck’s works into English, and it was his English translations of The Treasure of the Humble, Wisdom and Destiny and The Life of the Bee that popularized Maeterlinck to anglophone readers. Sutro made other Maeterlinck translations, some were made together with his friend Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, such as Aglavaine and Selysette, Joyzelle, The Life of the White Ant, The Buried Temple, Monna Vanna, The Death of Tintagiles, and The Magic of the Stars. Sutro was one of the most famous British playwrights.
Product ID: 9781776720071
Sku: U7-8QSB-CYTX
