Walker-Wraight, A(nnie) D(oris) 1920-2002

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WALKER-WRAIGHT, A(nnie) D(oris) 1920-2002

PERSONAL:

Born April 24, 1920, in Java; died February 15, 2002; married Robert Wraight, 1940 (divorced, 1963). Education: Froebel Teachers Diploma, 1958.

CAREER:

Dulwich College Preparatory School, teacher, 1961-67; William Tyndale Primary School, Islington, London, England, remedial teacher, 1969-74; Dulwich College Preparatory School, teacher until 1975-83.

MEMBER:

Marlowe Society (past chair), Thomas Harriot Seminar.

WRITINGS:

In Search of Christopher Marlowe: A Pictorial Biography, photographs by Virginia F. Stern, Vanguard Press (New York, NY), 1965, reprinted, Adam Hart (London, England), 1993.

The Real Christopher Marlowe, Adam Hart (London, England), 1992.

Christopher Marlowe and Edward Alleyn, Adam Hart (Chichester, Sussex, England), 1993.

The Story that the Sonnets Tell, Adam Hart (London, England), 1994.

Christopher Marlowe and the Armada, Adam Hart (London, England) 1995.

Shakespeare—New Evidence, Adam Hart (London, England), 1996.

The Legend of Hiram, Adam Hart (London, England), 1996.

Editor of newsletter of Marlowe Society.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

ONLINE

Marlowe-Shakespeare Publishing Web site, http://www.marlowe-shakespeare.co.uk/ (July 29, 2002).

Marlowe Society Web site, http://www.marlowesociety.org/ (July 29, 2002), Peter Barker, "Marlowe in Exile: The Sonnets Story."

OBITUARIES:

PERIODICALS

Times (London, England), March 20, 2002.

ONLINE

Much Ado about Something Web site,http://www.muchadoaboutsomething.com/ (July 29, 2002), "Dolly Walker-Wraight."*

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