Clement Scott - Overstrand, Norfolk, England.
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A stone drinking trough commemorating Clement Scott,an influential theatre critic for the Daily Telegraph.
Waymark Code: WMRFX0
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/20/2016
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Clement William Scott (6
October 1841 – 25 June 1904) was an influential English theatre critic for the Daily
Telegraph and other journals, and a playwright, lyricist, translator and
travel writer, in the final decades of the 19th century. His style of criticism,
acerbic, flowery and (perhaps most importantly) carried out on the first night
of productions, set the standard for theatre reviewers through to today.
In 1883, the Daily Telegraph newspaper printed an article which Scott had
written about a visit to the north Norfolk coast. Scott became enamoured with
the district and gave it a name, Poppyland. His writing was responsible for
members of the London theatre set visiting and investing in homes in the area.
Ironically, he was unhappy at the result of his popularisation of this
previously pristine area. For more on Clement Scott visit
Wiki Link
The inscription on this drinking trough reads:
TO
CLEMENT SCOTT
WHO
BY HIS PEN IMMORTALISED 'POPPYLAND'
ERECTED BY HIS MANY FRIENDS NOVEMBER 1909