Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Hesketh Pearson

Born: February 20, 1887
Died: April 9, 1964 (aged 77)
Bio: Edward Hesketh Gibbons Pearson was a British actor, theatre director and writer. He is known mainly for his popular biographies; they made him the leading British biographer of his time, in terms of commercial success.
Known for:
- The Life of Oscar Wilde (1946)
- A Life of Shakespeare (1942)
- Smith of Smiths (1934)
- Bernard Shaw (1941)
- Gilbert and Sullivan (1935)