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Desmond MacCarthy

Born

in Plymouth, England, The United Kingdom

May 20, 1877

Died

June 07, 1952

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Sir (Charles Otto) Desmond MacCarthy (1877–1952) was an English literary critic.

MacCarthy was born in Plymouth, Devon, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he got to know Lytton Strachey, Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore and though often thought to be a member of the "Bloomsbury Group" he in fact had a wider circle of friends including Logan Pearsall Smith.

He became a journalist in 1903 with moderate success and during World War I spent some time in Naval Intelligence. He joined the New Statesman as drama critic in 1917 and in 1920 became its literary editor.
He wrote a weekly column under the pen-name "The Affable Hawk". During this time he recruited Cyril Connolly to the paper. By 1928 he was losing i ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 178 ratings · 33 reviews · 65 distinct works

	Lady John Russell by Desmond MacCarthy, Lady Agatha Russell (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1910 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Court Theatre, 1904-1907; a commentary and criticism. With an appendix containing reprinted programmes of the "Vedrenne-Barker performances." it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remnants it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Court Theatre, 1904-1907; a commentary and criticism really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shaw's Plays in Review liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1975 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leslie Stephen it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Somerset Maugham: An appreciation 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reviews of George Gissing 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portraits (Essay index reprint series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theatre 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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