J. P. Wearing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

J. P. Wearing

writer

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1945

Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: writer

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

John Peter Wearing (born c.
1945) is an Anglo-American theatre historian and professor, who has written numerous books and articles about nineteenth and twentieth-century drama and theatre, including The Shakespeare Diaries: A Fictional Autobiography, published in 2007.
He has also written and edited well-received books on George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Wing Pinero, extensive reference series on the London theatre from 1890 to 1959, and theatrical biographies, among other subjects.
As a professor of English literature, Wearing has specialised in Shakespeare and modern drama.