Alan Dent was born on January 7, 1905 in Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for Hamlet (1948), The First 400 Years (1964) and Henry V (1944). He died on December 19, 1978 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Secretary to the critic and author James Agate for 15 years, he became
a critic himself aswell as a respected radio talker on theatre, films
and books in both English and French