DUNSANY, EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT, 18TH BARON (1878- ), Irish dramatist, was born in London on July 24, 1878. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and succeeded his father as 18th Baron Dunsany in 1899. Entering the Coldstream Guards, he served in the Boer War, and, in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, in the World War. As a playwright, he first attracted attention with The Glittering Gate, produced in Dublin, 1909. His plays are expressed in richly coloured language. They include : The Gods of the Mountain (i911), A Night at an Inn (1916), If (192 1) and Alexander and other Plays (1925). He has also written numerous tales in similar style, to be found in, among other volumes : The Gods of Pegana (190 5) ; The Sword of lV elleran ; Tales of Wonder (I 916) ; the Chronicles of Rodriguez (1922); Evil Kettle (1926) ; Old King's Tale (1926).