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HENRY V., an English actor and playwright, whose real name was Jack, born at Hampton Court, England, in 1869. He was educated privately and went on the stage in 1885. Since 1896, however, he turned to the writing of plays, many of which were successful. They include "One Summer's Day" (1897); "The Wilderness" (1901); "When We Were Twenty-One" (1901); "Under the Greenwood Tree" (1907); "The Dangerous Age" (1914); and others. Many of his plays were produced with great success in the United States. a ESPARTO, plant growing in Spain, Algeria, Tripoli, Tunis, and northern Africa, long applied to the manufacture of cordage, matting, etc., and now extensively used for papermaking. This plant is a species of grass 2 to 4 feet high, covering large tracts in its native regions, and also cultivated, especially in Spain.