Smith, James L(eslie Clarke)

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SMITH, James L(eslie Clarke)

SMITH, James L(eslie Clarke). British, b. 1936. Genres: Theatre. Career: Actor (as James Clarkson), 1993-, at Bath, Sheffield, Stratford, York, Windsor, Westcliff, West End, TV. Sr. Lecturer, Dept. of English, University of Southampton, 1980-93 (Lecturer 1965-80). Henry Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1962-63; Lecturer, Dept. of English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1963-64. Publications: Melodrama, 1973. EDITOR: Sir John Vanbrugh's The Provoked Wife, 1974, rev. ed., 2003; Victorian Melodramas, 1976; William Wycherley's The Plain Dealer, 1979, rev. ed., 1991; Dion Boucicault's London Assurance, 1984. Address: Sansomes Farmhouse, Whiteparish, Salisbury SP5 2SS, England.

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