Melange Of Art, Music And Literature

[lizhoare]

Evil character starts in a grand opera by Verdi? (4)
Short chap wrote poetry? (10)
Wooden Hardy character?(7, 3) Think this might be Stannie Dum
Rebus writer who died in June (4, 6)

All help greatly appreciated to finish this quiz. Needs to be in at the end of
August. Thanks

[scorpiojo]

Iain Rankin

[pixie373]

Iago

[Canary42]

Longfellow ?

[scorpiojo]

Iago

[Canary42]

Gabriel Oak (Character in: Far From The Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy)

[lizhoare]

Thank you all for your help. I don't think Ian Rankin is correct as he spells his name as Ian and he isn't dead. I can't understand the question as I know he wrote the Rebus books.

[Baldric]

Iain Banks was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies,. Wikipedia
Born: February 16, 1954, Dunfermline
Died: June 9, 2013

[Baldric]

Setters error^^^^^^??