author
Stephen Phillips
1864–1915
Remembered for lyrical verse and ambitious stage dramas, this English writer rose quickly to fame around the turn of the 20th century. His work drew on classical and legendary subjects, and for a time he was one of the best-known literary dramatists in Britain.
2 Audiobooks
Primavera: Poems by Four Authors
by Stephen Phillips, Laurence Binyon, Arthur Shearly Cripps, Manmohan Ghose
Nero
by Stephen Phillips
About the author
Born in Summertown, Oxfordshire, on July 28, 1864, he became known as an English poet and dramatist. Early in his career he also worked as an actor, a background that helped shape the strong theatrical sense of his later writing.
His reputation grew first through poetry and then through verse dramas, especially Paolo and Francesca, which brought him wide attention. Contemporary reference sources describe him as a writer who briefly enjoyed major success on the stage, with work often turning to heroic, biblical, and classical material.
Although his popularity faded after his lifetime, he remains an interesting figure from the literary world of the late Victorian and Edwardian period. He died in Deal, Kent, on December 9, 1915.