William Pole ('professionally known as "William Poel"')
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Works published: Non-Fiction : works on Elizabethan Theatre; also Drama Career: Actor; Director; Creator and Administrator of the Elizabethan Stage Society Applications: 10 May 1923 (£300)
Works published: Fiction : Novels, Stories; also Journalism Career: Schoolmistress in private schools; member of the Society of Authors Applications: 12 Jan 1927 (£50), 29 Jan 1930 (rejected), 26 Aug 1934 (rejected)
Works published: Translations : of Tolstoy; also Non-Fiction, Criticism, Biography Career: Editor; Translator of the Centenary Edition of Tolstoy; Member of the Committee of Management of the Society of Authors; Vice Chairman of the Anglo-Russian Literary Society; Honorary Organising Secretary ...
Works published: History : also Non-Fiction, Topography, Biography, Cookery, Journalism Career: Journalist Applications: 31 May 1930 (£75), 30 Jun 1931 (not of extreme gravity)