Alexander Reid (playwright)

Alexander Reid
Born(1914-08-19)August 19, 1914
Edinburgh
Died(1982-07-01)July 1, 1982
Occupationjournalist, playwright
NationalityScottish
EducationGeorge Heriot's School, Edinburgh
Genredrama
Literary movementScottish Renaissance
Notable worksThe Lass wi' the Muckle Mou

Alexander Reid (19141982) was a Scottish journalist, playwright and poet, "one of the neglected dramatists of the Scottish Renaissance". His two best-known plays are The Lass wi' the Muckle Mou (1950), based on the legend of Thomas the Rhymer and The Warld's Wonder (1953), about Michael Scot, the famous magician.