Mark Edward Perugini

Mark Edward Perugini was a British writer, born in 1876 and recorded as having died on October 15, 1948. Surviving library and authority records confirm his dates, while book records show that he wrote on theatre, dance, and related performing arts topics.

He is best known for The Art of Ballet (1915), a substantial history of ballet that traces the form through France and England. The book itself notes that he had already published dance essays such as Cameos of the Dance and contributed articles to newspapers and journals including The Evening News, Lady’s Pictorial, the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, the Pall Mall Gazette, and The Dancing Times.

Other records connect him with works including The Flame: A Pantomime, in One Act, Charles and Mary Lamb, and A Pageant of the Dance & Ballet. A later biographical article about the Perugini family also describes him as an editor and an author known for books on theatre and dance, suggesting a career closely tied to performance culture as well as literary work.