J. P. Wearing

Who is J. P. Wearing?

John Peter Wearing is an English-born American author and professor, who has written numerous books and articles about nineteenth and twentieth-century drama and theater, 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, and an extensive series on the London theatre from 1890 to 1959, among other subjects. As a professor of English literature, Wearing has specialized in Shakespeare and modern drama.