author
Alfred Sutro
1863–1933
A popular English dramatist of the early 20th century, he also helped introduce English readers and theatergoers to Maurice Maeterlinck through some of the first English translations of his work. His own plays were widely staged in their day, even if his name is less familiar now.
2 Audiobooks
Five Little Plays
by Alfred Sutro
Mollentrave on Women: A comedy in three acts
by Alfred Sutro
About the author
Born in London on August 7, 1863, Alfred Sutro was an English dramatist, writer, and translator. He was educated at the City of London School and in Brussels, and before turning fully to literature he worked in business.
Sutro became well known in the first decades of the 20th century for a string of successful plays. He is also remembered for making some of the first English translations of works by the Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck, helping bring those plays to a wider audience.
He was appointed OBE and remained active in literary and theatrical life until his death in Surrey on September 11, 1933. Though not as widely read today as some of his contemporaries, he played a notable part in the commercial and cultural theater of his time.