Playwright, scenic artist, author.
Although born in New York and educated at Harvard, Edward Knoblock spent most of his professional life living and working in Great Britain. He was associated with many of the leading literary and artistic figures of his generation, including Oscar Asche, who adapted his play Hajj's Hour into the better-known Kismet (1911).
As well as working independently, Knoblock often collaborated with others. The plays Milestones (1912) and London Life (1924) were produced with the assistance of Arnold Bennett. Similarly, The Good Companions, originally published in 1929 by J.B. Priestley, was dramatised jointly by Knoblock and Priestley in 1931.
Plays written by Knoblock alone include The Faun (1911), My Lady's Dress (1914), Marie-Odile (1915), and Tiger-Tiger (1918). Among his novels are The Ant Heap (1929), The Man With Two Mirrors (1931), The Love Lady (1933), and Inexperience (1941).
