Talk:R. C. Sherriff/Sources

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  • full name: Robert Cedric Sherriff. [31] [35] [38] [46] [48]
  • year born: 1896. [31] [38] [40] [46] [48]
  • date of birth: 1896-06-06. [38] [46] [48]
  • year died: 1975. [31] [38] [46] [48]
  • date of death: 1975-11-13. [38] [46] [48]
  • English [46] [48]
  • writer [46]
  • best known for his play Journey's End

Contents

[edit] Early life

  • location of birth?
    • Kingston upon Thames. [31] [46]
    • Hampton Wick, Middlesex. [35]
    • Hampton Wick, Surrey, England. [38] [48]
    • Esher, Surrey. [32]
  • education:
    • Kingston Grammar School. [40] [48]
    • Grammar school at Kingston on Thames. [38]
  • working in insurance before WW1 [38]
    • 1914. [46]
    • as clerk in 1914 [48]
  • working in insurance after WW1 [2] [40]
    • 1918 to 1928. [46] [48]
      • as insurance adjuster 1918-1928 [48]
        • at Sun Insurance Company, London [48]
  • served in WW1 [31] [38]
    • 1915 to 1918, [46]
    • as captain, [22] [31] [38] [40] [48]
    • in the East Surrey Regiment, [40] [48]
      • 9th. [14]
    • wounded at Passchendaele. [14] [22]
      • (Ypres) [48]

[edit] Early plays

  • first play to help Kingston Rowing Club raise money to buy a new boat. [3] [46]
  • Journey's End:
    • seventh play. [3] [46]
    • written: 1928 [31]
    • published: 1929 [31]
    • 1st 2 performances:
      • 1st 1928-12-09 [46]
      • Apollo Theatre. [9] [45?]
      • directed by James Whale. [7] [45?]
      • Laurence Olivier in the lead role, [8] [31] [45?]
        • who was then 21 years old. [31]
      • 1st performance [10]
      • 2nd performance [11]
      • Maurice Brown in audience for possibly the 1st perf.. [31]
    • Browne produced it at Savoy, [12] [31]
    • from 1929, [13]
      • where it ran for 2 years. [31]
  • New College, Oxford. [40] [46] [48]
    • 1931 to 1934 [46] [48]
  • fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Society of Antiquaries. [46] [48]

[edit] Bibliography

Plays:

  • 1st play written in winter 1921. [3]
  • 2nd play The woods of Meadowside (1922?) [4]
  • 3rd Profit and loss [4] (produced 1923) [48]
    • 1923 [46]
  • 4th play (1924?), 5th (1925?), 6th (1926?). [5]
  • 4th play Cornlow-in-the-Downs]] [6]
  • 1926 Mr. Bridie's finger [46]
  • List of plays from 1929 to 1955 (+The Telescope). [40]
  • 1930 8th play Badger's Green. [15] [46]
  • Windfall, first produced 1933 [46]
  • 1934 Two Hearts Doubled [46]
  • St. Helena cowritten with Jeanne de Casalis [21]
    • 1934 [31]
      • published [46]
    • or 1935 [40]
      • published [46]
    • 1st performed 1936. [46]
  • Miss Mabel [27]
    • 1st performed 1948. [46]
  • 1949 Dark evening. [46]
  • Home at seven [28]
    • 1st performed 1950. [46]
  • 1952 The kite. [46]
  • The white carnation. [28]
    • 1st performed 1953. [46]
  • The long sunset. [28]
  • The Telescope. [29]
  • A shred of evidence [30]

Screenplays:

  • List of screenplays up to 1955 (+The Telescope). [40]
  • The Road Back [18] [41]
    • 1937 (cowritten). [46]
  • Over the river [18]
    • aka One More River [42]
  • The Four Feathers written in 1935 [19]
    • co-adapted, released in 1939 [47]
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips. [20] [34]
  • That Hamilton Woman [24] [32]
    • 1941. [46]
  • ? Disney film. [25]
  • This Above All [25] [43]
    • 1943, [46] or
    • 1942. [43]
  • Odd Man Out. [26]
    • (cowritten)
  • Quartet [26] disambiguation. [36]
  • The Invisible Man [17] [33]
    • 1933. [46]
  • The dam busters. [29]
  • Cards with uncle Tom (TV). [29]
  • 1963 The Ogburn story (TV). [46]

Novels:

  • 1930 Journey's End cowritten. [46]
  • Chedworth. [39]
  • 1931 The fortnight in September. [16] [31] [46]
  • 1939 The Hopkins manuscript. [39] [46]
  • Another year: a novel [39]
    • 1948. [46]
  • King John's treasure. [29] [44]
  • 1962 The wells of St. Mary's. [46]
  • The siege of Swayne Castle [39]
    • 1973. [46]

No leading lady: an autobiography published in 1968. [1] [39]

[edit] Award nominations

Oscar nom. for Goodbye, Mr. Chips, BAFTA noms for The Dam Busters and The Night My Number Came Up. [37]

[edit] References

[1] Sherriff, Robert Cedric (1968). No leading lady: an autobiography. Victor Gollancz ltd (London). ISBN 575001550. 
[2] Ibid, p. 7 (ch. 1).
[3] Ibid, p. 17 (ch. 2).
[4] Ibid, p. 27.
[5] Ibid, p. 29 (ch. 3).
[6] Ibid, p. 31.
[7] Ibid, p. 46 (ch. 4).
[8] Ibid, p. 49 (ch. 5).
[9] Ibid, p. 52.
[10] Ibid, p. 54.
[11] Ibid, p. 57.
[12] Ibid, p. 65, 70.
[13] Ibid, p. 76.
[14] Ibid, p. 114 (ch. 9).
[15] Ibid, p. 196 (ch. 17).
[16] Ibid, p. 229 (ch. 20).
[17] Ibid, pp. 246-247 (ch. 21).
[18] Ibid, p. 283 (ch. 25).
[19] Ibid, p. 288.
[20] Ibid, p. 295.
[21] Ibid, p. 300 (ch. 26).
[22] Ibid, p. 317 (ch. 28).
[23] Ibid, p. 338 (ch. 30). Was his Mrs. Miniver writing unused or uncredited? Not at IMDB
[24] Ibid, pp. 338-339.
[25] Ibid, p. 339.
[26] Ibid, p. 342 (ch. 31).
[27] Ibid, p. 344.
[28] Ibid, p. 346.
[29] Ibid, p. 349.
[30] Ibid, p. 350.

[31] Margaret Drabble (editor) (2000). The Oxford Companion to English Literature, sixth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198662440. 

[32] R.C. Sherriff filmography. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2004-12-19.
[33] The Invisible Man. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2004-12-19.
[34] Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film). Wikipedia. Accessed on 2004-12-19.
[35] Biography for R.C. Sherriff. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2005-02-14.
[36] Title search. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2004-12-19.
[37] Awards for R.C. Sherriff. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2004-12-19.
[38] Sherriff, R.C.. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 2004-12-19. (Only used info from the non-subscription part.)
[39] Books Search Results: R. C. Sherriff. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2005-03-15.

[40] unknown (1967). A biographical note, Journey's End. Heinemann educational books ltd. 

[41] Full Cast and Crew for The Road Back (1937). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2005-04-24.
[42] One More River. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2005-04-24. aka Over the river
[43] This above all. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2005-04-24.
[44] King John's treasure. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2005-04-24.

[45] Trewin, J. C.; rev. Sayoni Basu (2004). "Sherriff, Robert Cedric (1896-1975)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2005-01-26. Subscription required.

[46] Gale, Contemporary Authors Online, 2003. PEN (Permanent Entry Number)=0000090486. Subscription required.

[47] Full cast and crew for The Four Feathers (1939). IMDb. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.

[48] (1991) in D.L. Kirkpatrick: Reference guide to English literature, volume 2, writers H-Z, 2, St. James Press. LCC 91-61857. ISBN 1-55862-079-6. 

[49] to do Bracco, Rosa Maria (1993). in Jay Winter: Merchants of hope: british middle-brow writers and the first World War 1919-1939, The legacy fo the great war. Providence, USA; Oxford, UK: Berg publishers limited. 820.9358 BRAC. ISBN 0-85496-706-0.