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ERIC BENTLEY, who died earlier this month at the age of 103, was a British-born American critic, playwright, singer, editor and translator.
An Oxford graduate, Bentley went on to study at Yale University and, after becoming an American citizen in 1948, lived for many years in New York.
In the 1950s Bentley taught at Columbia University and simultaneously was a theatre critic for The New Republic. Known for his blunt style of criticism, he incurred the wrath of playwrights Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, both of whom threatened to sue him for his unfavourable reviews of their work.
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