Curtain up on honour.FORGOTTEN playwright Katherine Githa Sowerby has been honoured. A plaque has been unveiled in recognition of her work almost 40 years after her death. It reads: "Katherine Githa Sowerby (1876-1970) Playwright, poet, children's author and member of the noted Sowerby glass family. In her early years she lived near here at Ravenshill." Her great-grandson Ian Smith Noun 1. Ian Smith - Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919) Ian Douglas Smith, Smith was at the ceremony on Gateshead Quayside quay·side n. The area adjacent to a quay or wharf or a system of quays, especially in a port city. quayside quay n → Kai m to unveil the tribute, which was organised by Gateshead Council. Sowerby was the granddaughter of the founder of the Sowerby Ellison Glassworks glass·work n. 1. a. The manufacture of glassware or glass. b. The cutting and fitting of glass panes; glaziery. 2. See glassware. 3. glassworks (used with a sing. in Gateshead. Her first play Rutherford & Son, which caused a sensation when it opened in 1912 in Edwardian London and then in Broadway, is receiving its North East premiere at Northern Stage until Saturday. CAPTION(S): HONOUR: Katherine Githa Sowerby's great-grandson Ian Smith unveils the plaque on Gateshead Quayside; top left, the playwright and poet |
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