About Royden Barrie
Lived 1890 – 1948 (aged 57–58). Royden Barrie was a songwriter, composer, writer and poet.
Rodney Bennett (1890–1948) was a British playwright, children's author, and lyricist, who also wrote under the name Royden Barrie. He was the father of the poet M. R. Peacocke and the composer Richard Rodney Bennett.
Bennett was educated at Reading University College, where he edited the college magazine Tamesis. He then became a teacher in London, while studying singing.
He left teaching to take up singing, speech training, and musical journalism. He wrote several books, including Lets Do a Play, about acting, and The London Dramatic Books, a series of plays for children.
He died at home in Budleigh Salterton on 14 April 1948.
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Who was Royden Barrie?
British writer and poet
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Royden Barrie was born in 1890.
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Royden Barrie died in 1948.
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Royden Barrie was a songwriter, composer, writer and poet.
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