Raphael, John
RAPHAEL, JOHN
RAPHAEL, JOHN (Nathaniel , known as "Percival "; 1868–1917), author, critic, and journalist. He reported the *Dreyfus case for The Daily Mail and was Paris correspondent for various British periodicals. Raphael's plays include The Uninvited Guest (1911), based on a drama by Tristan *Bernard, and a French adaptation of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague *Glass (1916). He also wrote books about Paris and made translations from the French.
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