J. E. Harold Terry
| J. E. Harold Terry | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 September 1885 York, England |
| Died | 10 August 1939 (aged 53) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Spouse | Constance Leetham Terry |
| Child(ren) | 2 daughters, 2 sons |
| Related to | grandson of Sir Joseph Terry nephew of Eille Norwood |
| Information | |
| Period | 1908-1930 |
| Genre | comedy, spy, detective, drama |
| Debut works | Old Rowley, The King (1908) |
| Notable work(s) |
The Man Who Stayed at Home (1914) General Post (1917) |
| Works with | Lechmere Worrall Arthur Scott Craven Rafael Sabatini Arthur Rose Harry Tighe |
Joseph Edward Harold Terry (1885-1939) was an English novelist, playwright, actor and critic who was born in York. He was a nephew of the actor Eille Norwood. and a grandson of Sir Joseph Terry. and became famous for writing two of the longest running plays of the First World War era, The Man Who Stayed at Home (1914) and General Post (1917), which both ran for more than 500 performances.
Terry was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge where he was stage-manager of the Footlights club. While at Cambridge he was editor of The Granta but left in 1906 to take up a position with the Daily Mirror before becoming a dramatic critic for The British Review and The Onlooker, for which he was also the editor. His first play Old Rowley, The King (1908) is believed to have been lost. In September 1908 he became a Freeman of the City of York.
Terry took a number of amateur acting roles in the years after leaving Cambridge, most notably playing King Harold at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in the York Historic Pageant of 1909, a production that he had helped Louis N. Parker to write. The Yorkshire Herald then commissioned Terry to write a serial story for the newspaper which was in 1912 published as the novel A Fool to Fame. Although his historical romance about the highwayman John Nevison received positive reviews he would become best known for his patriotic wartime plays that emphasised the resourcefulness and courage of ordinary civilians and the impact of war on social conventions. In 1914 Terry, who was by this time living in the Covent Garden area of London, signed up with the Artists Rifles but he was invalided out soon afterwards.
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