Among other productions, his memoir A Play Tonight, published in 1952 by Elek Books, New York, reviewed the June 1951 revival of the York Mystery Plays, performed for the first time there since 1570 during the York Festival, as part of the Festival of Britain. Paul Scofield (1956) was an illustrated study of the actor's work, as was John Neville (1961) of his work.
He married Wendy Monk (1915–2000), also a critic, in 1938. The couple had two sons, Mark Antony Trewin and Ion Trewin (who eventually became the administrator of the Man Booker Prize from 2006).
From 2000 to 2015, the John And Wendy Trewin Award For Best Shakespearian Performance was given by The Critics' Circle in memory of Trewin and his wife. In 2016, after their son Ion died, the award was renamed the Trewin Award For Best Shakespearian Performance and the first recipient was Dame Judi Dench.[2]
Footnotesedit
^ abDonald Roy, "Trewin, John Courtenay", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 24 January 2016.
trewin, john, courtenay, trewin, december, 1908, february, 1990, british, journalist, writer, drama, critic, obebornjohn, courtenay, trewin, 1908, december, 1908plymouth, devon, englanddied16, february, 1990, 1990, aged, nationalitybritishoccupation, journalis. John Courtenay Trewin OBE 4 December 1908 16 February 1990 was a British journalist writer and drama critic J C TrewinOBEBornJohn Courtenay Trewin 1908 12 04 4 December 1908Plymouth Devon EnglandDied16 February 1990 1990 02 16 aged 81 NationalityBritishOccupation s Journalist writer drama critic Trewin was born in Plymouth Devon although both his parents were Cornish He was educated at Plymouth College and in 1926 joined the Western Independent as a cub reporter He moved to London in 1932 and joined the Morning Post transferring to The Observer in 1937 He served as drama critic on the paper for more than 60 years His also wrote a drama column for The Listener 1951 57 and contributed regular notices to Punch 1944 45 John O London s Weekly 1945 54 The Sketch 1947 59 the Illustrated London News 1947 88 The Lady from 1949 and the Birmingham Post 1 Among other productions his memoir A Play Tonight published in 1952 by Elek Books New York reviewed the June 1951 revival of the York Mystery Plays performed for the first time there since 1570 during the York Festival as part of the Festival of Britain Paul Scofield 1956 was an illustrated study of the actor s work as was John Neville 1961 of his work He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in 1981 for services to theatre 1 He married Wendy Monk 1915 2000 also a critic in 1938 The couple had two sons Mark Antony Trewin and Ion Trewin who eventually became the administrator of the Man Booker Prize from 2006 From 2000 to 2015 the John And Wendy Trewin Award For Best Shakespearian Performance was given by The Critics Circle in memory of Trewin and his wife In 2016 after their son Ion died the award was renamed the Trewin Award For Best Shakespearian Performance and the first recipient was Dame Judi Dench 2 Footnotes edit a b Donald Roy Trewin John Courtenay Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 Accessed 24 January 2016 Critics Circle website Archived June 27 2007 at the Wayback MachineSources editDonald Roy Trewin John Courtenay Dictionary of National BiographyExternal links editCatalogue of the papers of J C Trewin held by the Library of the University of Reading John Courtenay Trewin Collection at the Harry Ransom Center nbsp This article about a British journalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J C Trewin amp oldid 1152985185, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
