Alexander Reid (playwright)

Alexander Reid
Born(1914-08-19)August 19, 1914
Edinburgh
Died(1982-07-01)July 1, 1982
Occupationjournalist, playwright
NationalityScottish
EducationGeorge Heriot's School, Edinburgh
Genredrama
Literary movementScottish Renaissance
Notable worksThe Lass wi' the Muckle Mou

Alexander Reid (1914–1982) was a Scottish playwright and poet,[1] "one of the neglected dramatists of the Scottish Renaissance".[2] His two best-known plays are The Lass wi' the Muckle Mou (1950), based on the legend of Thomas the Rhymer and The Warld's Wonder (1953), about Michael Scot, the famous magician.[3]

  1. ^ The Edinburgh Festivals: Culture and Society in Postwar Britain – Angela Bartie – 2013 p. 80 "In 1957 one prominent playwright and commentator on theatre, Alexander Reid, had charged that the Festival had got 'bogged down' and was in danger of collapsing once its novelty wore off, unless the organisers found a continuing purpose."
  2. ^ Trevor Royle (1984). "Reid, Alexander". Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature. Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-349-07587-4.
  3. ^ Reid, Alexander (1958), Two Scots Plays, Collins