| AdminHistory | John Greer Ervine [1883-1971] was an Irish playwright and novelist. Born in Belfast, he moved to London in his teens, where he began to write and perform under the name St John Ervine. Ervine's first full length play 'A Mixed Marriage' was performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1911. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the First World War, and an injury he sustained in France resulted in the amputation of one of his legs. After the war he worked as a drama critic for the Morning Post and the Observer, as well as writing plays and biographies, including a substantial study of George Bernard Shaw. |