William Aubrey Darlington
William Aubrey Cecil Darlington (1890–1979) was a British writer and journalist who worked for many years as the drama critic of the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Darlington was primarily a journalist, working as a drama critic for the New York Times and The Daily Telegraph. [1]
Darlington also wrote novels, most successfully with his 1920 comic work Alf's Button which was adapted into several films.[2] He wrote an autobiography, I Do What I Like.[3] He disliked the name 'Cecil' and is often referred to as W.A. Darlington.
References
- "William Aubrey Darlington b. 20 Feb 1890 Taunton, Somerset, England d. 1979: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy". www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- Low p.111
- Darlington
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael The History of the British Film, 1918–1929 George Allen & Unwin, 1971
- Darlington, W.A. I Do What I Like MacDonald, 1947
External links
- Works by William Aubrey Darlington at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about William Aubrey Darlington at Internet Archive
- W. A. Darlington at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- W. A. Darlington at Library of Congress Authorities, with 22 catalogue records
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