James Bridie
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James Bridie was the pseudonym used by Osborne Henry Mavor (January 3, 1888, in Glasgow - January 29, 1951 in Edinburgh) who was a playwright, screenwriter and surgeon.
He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, then he served as a military doctor during World War I, seeing time in France and Mesopotamia. His comedic plays saw success in London, and he became a fulltime writer in 1938. Despite this, he returned to the army during World War II, again serving as a military doctor.
He was the main founder of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow.
The Bridie Library at the Glasgow University Union is named for him.
[edit] Selected bibliography
- Some Talk of Alexander - 1926
- The Anatomist - 1930
- Jonah and the Whale - 1932
- One Way of Living - 1939
- Daphne Laureola - 1949
- Meeting at Night - 1956
[edit] Quotations
- "Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention, and irreclaimable weakness of character."
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