John Boynton Priestley (* 13. September 1894 in Bradford; † 14. August 1984 in Stratford-upon-Avon) war ein englischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Literaturkritiker.
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John Boynton Priestley (* 13. September 1894 in Bradford; † 14. August 1984 in Stratford-upon-Avon) war ein englischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Literaturkritiker.
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Ernst Toller (*1. Dezember 1893 in Samotschin, Provinz Posen; gestorben am 22. Mai 1939 in New York City, New York) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Politiker und linkssozialistischer Revolutionär.
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#1263 Brief an John Boynton Priestley
| Datierung | 1934-10-25 |
| Absendeort | London, Großbritannien |
| Verfasser | Toller, Ernst |
| Beschreibung | Brief, 1 S., T |
| Provenienz | UT, Harry Ransom Center, Ernst Toller Papers |
| Briefkopf | - |
| Personen |
Priestley, John Boynton
Wyndham-Lewis, Jane Priestley, John Boynton Toller, Ernst |
Ernst Toller
1. Lambolle Road,
London N. W. 3.
October 25th, 1934.
Dear Mr. Priestley,
I thank you that you gave me the occasion to see your play. I enjoyed it extraordinarily. Characters and atmosphere are sketched in a masterly manner. The play seems to be a very good work. I remarked that you like to omit decisive words but these omissions have effective dramatical power.
The realism of your works brings into my mind the great French and Russian realist.
One scene seems typical for the English character, I think of the scene in which Stella hears that her mother has died. She fears to show her sentiments and regains her attitude by jesting, revealing this simultaneity of sentiments and irony which is highly significant for English people.
Once more many thanks. Please give my greeting to Mrs. Priestly,
yours sincerely