Critical Abuse – plays WARNER Jack 1892–1978

Hollywood producer, founder of Warner Brothers Barrymores (John) WARRISS Ben 1909–93

British comedian, one half of the partnership Jewell and Warriss Comedy WAUGH Evelyn 1903–66

English novelist (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop) Oscar Wilde WEIR George fl. 1920s

English actor Bad Habits WELLES (George) Orson 1915–85

American actor/writer/ director. Best known for his films Citizen Kane and The Third Man Actors; Failure; Playwrights – Orson Welles; The Press; Shakespeare WELLS H(erbert) G(eorge)

1866–1946 English novelist and sociologist (War of the Worlds) Shakespeare; G. B. Shaw WERTENBAKER Timberlake b. 1929 American-born playwright Theatre WESKER Arnold 1932–2016

British playwright (Chips With Everything) Kitchen Sink WEST Mae 1892–1980

American actress/producer/

writer (Diamond Lit, She Done Him Wrong, Catherine Was Great); famous for one-liners redolent with sexual innuendo Actors – Mae West; Audiences; Critical Abuse – plays; Epilogues WHISTLER James Abbot McNeill

1834–1903 American painter who worked mainly in England Oscar Wilde WHITE E. B. 1899–1985

American writer Critics WHITE Thomas 1550–1624

English Puritan writer Opprobrium WHITELAW Billie 1932–2014

British actress who worked closely with Samuel Beckett Dedication WHITING John 1917–63

British playwright (Marching Song, The Devils) Actors WILDE Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie

Wills 1854–1900 Irish playwright (Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Importance of Being Earnest) and wit; his aphorisms are frequently quoted Acting; Actors; Advice; Audiences; Critical Abuse – plays; Criticism; Critics – M. Beerbohm; Epitaphs; Irving; Plays; Playwrights; The Press; Shakespeare’s Plays – Hamlet, Macbeth; G. B. Shaw; Success; Ellen Terry; H. B. Tree

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