OBITUARY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 15 January 1936, Page 6

OBITUARY

MR ALAN MONKHOUSE (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 11th January. Mr Allan Noble Monkliouse, critic novelist, and dramatist, who was closely associated with the Repertory Theatre movement in its early days a l , Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool, died yesterday at "his Cheshire home, aged 77. Mr Allan Monkliouse. was born in 1858 and educated privately. He engaged in business for some time, lmt later turned to journal ism~uid in 1002 became a member of the editorial staff of the “Manchester Guardian/ 1 a position lie continued to hold for 30 years. A novelist and latterly a critic of much reputation, he gained most of his early fame as a writer of plays for the Repertory theatres which were developing in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool. His plays, of which “Mary Broome” was for a long period the best known, are sensitive, unsual, not strongly dramatic, mostly striving to revalue the accepted values of life. They could never be popular, but revealed a probing, interesting mind and a fluent style. “The Conquering Hero,” which appeared in 1924, anticipated by quite a number of years the disillusioned wai; literature which proved so popular. Other famous plays are “The Education of Mr Surrage,” “First Blood,” and “Sons and Fathers.” After leaving the editorial staff of the “Manchester Guardian,” Mr Monkliouse continued to contribute a weekly feature. “A Bookman’s Notes.” He was twice married and had two sons and two daughters.

MAJOR H. S. HORNBY LONDON. I3th January. The death lias occurred of Major H. S. Hornby, who fought with the late Colonel T. E. Lawrence in Arabia and supplied the professional knowledge for the blowing up of railways as recounted in “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.”