Van Druten- “I Remember Mama“

Dutch man, Wilhelmus Van Druten, a banker, and also an English mother. Van Druten

attended University College School London, where he began to show his talent for

writing. However, he began to practice law and was rather good at it. He wrote many

poems and short stories and then submitted them to magazines. Only a few

submissions actually were published, others were sent back because they lacked the

special quality that the publisher was looking for. In 1923, a three-act play entitled “The

Return Half” was published in a magazine. Van Druten also wrote a play entitled, “Young

Woodley” and it was bought by an English and an American manager for a Broadway

production in London. In 1926, Van Druten quit his career in law and then began to

devote his career to writing. Ever since 1926 he has divided his living quarters between

to continents North America and Europe, because he loves them both and they inspire

him. One of Van Druten’s interest was art. He likes all kinds of art from the theater to

even the drawing. Van Druten was highly inspired from traveling. He saw man

and her friends are talking about what their families are getting them for a graduation

tail. Everyone was shocked to see him alive.

wants to go to high school but Marta and Lars say that there is not enough money but

her siblings. Mama looks to be about forty and she was born in Norway, so she has an

Everyone could go to Mama with their problems. Also, she is very sympathetic and I

Some topics in this essay:
Uncle Elizabeth, Uncle Chris, Remember Mama”, Aunt Sigrid, Marta Lars, Van Druten, Christine Katrin’s, Aunt Jenny, Aunt Trina, Dagmar Arne, uncle chris, uncle elizabeth, throughout story, van druten, aunt jenny, character story, aunt sigrid, aunt trina, flat character, beginning story, change throughout story, aunt sigrid aunt, “i remember mama”, aunt jenny aunt, talk uncle chris,