Agate, James Evershed ___ 1877-1947 ___ British ___ writer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Individual quotations from James Agate's diaries are commonplace on the internet, but, apart from Wikipedia, there is not much information about the man himself. He started his working life in a cotton mill, but then progressed to becoming a cotton broker in Manchester. In 1915, he became a theatre critic for the 'Manchester Guardian', and, in the early 1920s, moved to London to work for the 'Sunday Times'. He is generally thought to have been the most influential West End critic of his time, and to have been instrumental in helping young actors, such as John Gielgud and Vivien Leigh. His nine volume autobiography, Ego, 1, 2, etc. was written between 1935 and 1947 in diary format with poetical interludes.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - Not careless jottings

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1935-1947 ___ literary society theatre people culture

WEB TEXT LINKS
Ego 9
A Shorter Ego
Ego 7

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
 

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Ego
Ego 2
Ego 9

November 2005, September 2008, March 2013
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS: 1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.