Stephen Phillips

He was educated at Stratford and Peterborough Grammar Schools, and considered entering Queens' College, Cambridge on a minor scholarship to study classics; but he instead went to a London crammer to prepare for the civil service.

In 1896 appeared Christ in Hades, forming with a few other short pieces one of the slim paper-covered volumes of Elkin Mathews's Shilling Garland.

This volume contained a new edition of Christ in Hades, together with Marpessa, The Woman with the Dead Soul, The Wife and shorter pieces, including To Milton, Blind.

When a theatrical production of Ulysses was staged at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1902[4] the opening night was attended by the Royal Family, nobility, politicians, and many other members of high society.

[5] The 29 January 1902 issue of The Tatler reported that the artist Henry Jamyn Brooks was working on a 9 by 6 feet (2.7 m × 1.8 m) picture of the attendees, which was to include some 300 portraits.