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William Winter
1836–1917
A sharp-eyed man of the theater, he spent decades writing about actors, playwrights, and stagecraft in New York. His work blends criticism, biography, poetry, and affectionate memories of a lively literary world.
6 Audiobooks
Shakespeare's England
by William Winter
Shadows of the Stage
by William Winter
The Life of David Belasco; Vol. 1
by William Winter, William Jefferson Winter
The Life of David Belasco; Vol. 2
by William Winter, William Jefferson Winter
Gray Days and Gold in England and Scotland
by William Winter
About the author
William Winter was an American drama critic, journalist, essayist, poet, and author, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on July 15, 1836, and died on June 30, 1917. Although he studied law at Harvard Law School, he turned instead to literature and journalism, building his career in New York.
He became especially well known for his long run as drama critic for the New York Tribune, where his reviews helped shape American theater culture in the late nineteenth century. Winter was also associated with the Bohemian literary circle at Pfaff's Cellar, and he later looked back on that world in Old Friends.
Alongside criticism, he wrote poetry, essays, biographies, and books about the stage. His work is often remembered for its deep love of theater and for the way it preserves the personalities and performances of an earlier era.