Olton Pools Author:John Drinkwater First published in December, 1916, the fifth impression is dated May, 1922. — John Drinkwater [1882-1937] was an English poet, playwright and critic, remembered as a typical man of letters of the Georgian age of the 1910s and 1920s. He was a successful promoter of repertory theatre in England and the author of popular chronicle dramas. In 1907 he... more » became manager and producer for the Pilgrim Players, which developed into the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company.
His volumes of poetry include "Lyrical and Other Poems" (1908), "Poems, 1908-1914", "Poems of Love and Earth" (1912), "Swords and Ploughshares" (1915), "Olton Pools" (1916), "Tides" (1917), "Loyalties" (1919), "Seeds of Time" (1921), and "Collected Poems" (1923).« less