Agate, James Evershed

Agate, James Evershed ( 1877 – 1947 ),
dramatic critic, born in Lancashire, the son of a cotton manufacturer's agent; he was educated at Manchester Grammar School, then worked in his father's business for some years. He began to write for the Manchester Guardian in 1907 , and later settled in London, where he wrote theatre criticism for the Sunday Times . Agate also published novels and, more memorably, a nine-part autobiography, Ego ( 1935 – 48 ), in the form of a diary, recording his life in literary and theatrical London and describing the personalities of the day.