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Full Name: Eric Bentley
Biography:
(1916-2020) Critic, scholar, author, playwright. Eric Bentley was born in Bolton, England, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1916 (Unknown) County
Eric Russell Bentley was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, on September 14, 1916. 
1946 (Unknown) County
The Playwright as Thinker: A Study of Drama in Modern Times
(Pub: Reynal and Hitchcock ISBN: )
Collection of essays. 
1953 New York County
Mr. Bentley was professor of dramatic literature at Columbia University from 1953 until 1969. 
1972 (Unknown) County
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been: The Investigation of Show Business by the Un-American Activities Committee, 1947-1958
Play. 
2020 New York County
Eric Bentley died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on August 5, 2020. 
1953 (Unknown) County
In Search Of Theater
(Pub: Alfred A. Knopf ISBN: )
Collection of criticism. 
1956 (Unknown) County
What Is Theater?
(Pub: Dennis Dobson ISBN: )
Collection of criticism. 
1964 (Unknown) County
The Life of the Drama
(Pub: Atheneum ISBN: )
Collection of criticism. 
1947 (Unknown) County
Bernard Shaw
(Pub: New Directions Books ISBN: 1199489263 ISBN-13: 978-1199489265)
Nonfiction. 
1972 (Unknown) County
The Recantation of Galileo Galilei: Scenes From History Perhaps
(Pub: Harper & Row ISBN: 0060902868 ISBN-13: 978-0060902865)
Play. 
1979 (Unknown) County
Lord Alfred's Lover
Play. 
1990 (Unknown) County
Round Two
Play. 
1981 (Unknown) County
Brecht Commentaries 1943-1980
(Pub: Eyre Methuen ISBN: )
Criticism. 
? Erie County
Mr. Bentley taught theater at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York. 
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