From Journey's end to The dam busters : the life of R.C. Sherriff, playwright of the trenches
Wales, Roland2016
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Kingston playwright R.C. Sherriff came to fame with his First World War drama 'Journey's End', which was based on his own experiences as a young officer on the Western Front. Its success made him a household name and opened the door to a highly lucrative career as a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter in Hollywood and in Britain. Many of his movies are still well known, but the man behind them much less so. This book rediscovers Sherriff using his own words - his letters, diaries, published and unpublished manuscripts - to shed light on a man who ironically gained his greatest success from the trench warfare he found so difficult to bear.
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Author:
Wales, Roland, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.
Collation:
xi, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473860698 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
822.912822.912 WAL
Language:
English
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BRN:
1866971
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