A DRAMATIST’S END
COMMITS SUICIDE. FEARING CHRONIC ILL-HEALTH. United Press Association —Copyright. (Received June 21, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON, June 21. St. .John Hankin, dramatist, committed suicide in the. river Thon, : Wales, fearing chronic ill-health. [St. John Hankin, author, was born in 1869. He began journalistic work as a contributor to the “Saturday Review,” in 1890. He was for a year on the. Calcutta staff of, the “Indian Daily News,” and afterwards worked for the “Times” and other papers, and contributed to “Punch.” His publications were: “Mr, Punch s Dramatic /"Sequels,” “Lost Masterpieces,” “Three Plays with Happy Endings.” Plays: “The Two Mr. Wetherbys,” “The Return of the Prodigal,” “The Charity that Began at Home,” “The Cassilis Engagement.” Translated Les Trois Filles de M. Dupont, by Brieux, for • presentation, before the Stage Societj in 1905.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2534, 22 June 1909, Page 5
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133A DRAMATIST’S END Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2534, 22 June 1909, Page 5
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