Author:William Archer (1856-1924)

For authors with similar names, see Author:William Archer.

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William Archer
(1856–1924)

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British translator and critic

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "W. A."

Works

English Dramatists of To-day (1882)
About the Theatre: Essays and Studies (1886) (external scan)
Masks or Faces? (1888)
William Charles Macready (1890)
The Theatrical World (1893-1897), five volumes of critical notices
America To-Day, Observations and Reflections (1900)
Poets of the Younger Generation (1901)
Real Conversations (1904)
Play-Making: A Manual of Craftsmanship (1912)
"Drama/11f#Recent," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (Recent English Drama)

Translations

Doll House (1889) by Henrik Ibsen
A Visit (1892) by Edvard Brandes
The Master Builder (1893) by Henrik Ibsen
Peer Gynt (1892) by Henrik Ibsen (transcription project)
Little Eyolf (1895) by Henrik Ibsen
John Gabriel Borkman (1897) by Henrik Ibsen
Tales of Two Countries (1891) by Alexander Kielland
Eskimo Life (1893) by Fridtjof Nansen

Works about Archer

"Archer, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Correspondence in The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson Volume 2
"Archer, William," in Men-at-the-Bar (v. 2nd ed., p. 11), by Foster, J., London: Hazel, Watson and Viney, Limited (1885)
"Archer, William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Archer, William," in A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists (p. 25), (ed.) by Joseph McCabe, London: Watts & Co. (1920)
"Archer, Wm.," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1924, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 99 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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