William Aubrey Darlington Explained

William Aubrey Cecil Darlington or W.A. Darlington (1890–1979), was a British writer and journalist who worked for many years as the drama critic of the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Life and career

Darlington was primarily a journalist, working as a drama critic for the New York Times and The Daily Telegraph.^[1]

Darlington also wrote novels, most successfully with his 1920 comic work Alf's Button which was adapted into several films.^[2] He wrote an autobiography, I Do What I Like.

He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John’s, Cambridge, before joining the army during the First World War.^[3]

Works

• Alf's Button (1920)
• Egbert (1925)
• Carpet Slippers (1931)
• I Do What I Like (MacDonald, 1947)
• The World of Gilbert and Sullivan (1950)
• Six Thousand and One Nights: Forty Years a Drama Critic (1960)

Further reading

• Low, Rachael The History of the British Film, 1918–1929 George Allen & Unwin, 1971

Notes and References

1. Web site: William Aubrey Darlington b. 20 Feb 1890 Taunton, Somerset, England d. 1979: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy. www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. 2019-03-28.
2. Low p.111
3. News: W.A. Darlington, Ex-Stage Critic For London's Daily Telegraph, 89 . 8 August 2021 . The New York Times . 26 May 1979.