St Helena (play)

For other uses, see Saint Helena (disambiguation).

St Helena
Written by	R.C. Sheriff
Characters	Napoleon Bonaparte
Date premiered	4 February 1936
Place premiered	London
Original language	English
Subject	Napoleon
Genre	biographical
Setting	St Helena

St Helena: a play in twelve scenes is a play by the English author R. C. Sherriff (notable as the author of the First World War drama Journey's End) and Jeanne de Casalis (who also researched it). It deals with the exile of Napoleon I on Saint Helena. It premiered at the Old Vic on 4 February 1936 to poor reviews, but was rescued by a letter to The Times by Winston Churchill, calling it "a remarkable play" and "a work of art of a very high order", though a West End transfer also proved unsuccessful.

Sources

R. C. Sherriff, No Leading Lady (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968), pages 297 to 308
A New Play About Napoleon - The Times, Thursday, Jan 30, 1936; pg. 12;

External links

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4031981W/St._Helena
1953 Broadcast of condensed version of play performed for Best Plays at Internet Archive

Works by R. C. Sherriff

Plays	A Hitch in the Proceedings (1921) The Woods of Meadowside (1922) Profit and Loss (1923) Cornlow-in-the-Downs (1924) Mr. Bridie's Finger (1926) Journey's End (1928) Badger's Green (1930) Windfall (1933) Two Hearts Doubled (1934) St Helena (1936) Miss Mabel (1948) Dark Evening (1949) Home at Seven (1950) The Kite (1952) The White Carnation (1953) The Long Sunset (1955) The Telescope (1957) A Shred of Evidence (1960)

Screenplays	The Invisible Man (1933) One More River (1934) Dracula's Daughter (1936) The Road Back (1937) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) The Four Feathers (1939) Lady Hamilton (1941) This Above All (1942) Mrs. Miniver (1942) Stand By for Action (1942) Forever and a Day (1943) Odd Man Out (1947) Quartet (1948) No Highway in the Sky (1950) Trio (1950) The Dam Busters (1955) The Night My Number Came Up (1955) Cards with Uncle Tom (TV) (1955) The Ogburn Story (TV) (1963)

Books	Journey's End: A Novel (with Vernon Bartlett (1930) The Fortnight in September (1931) Green Gates (1936) The Hopkins Manuscript (1939) Chedworth: A Novel (1947) Another Year: A Novel (1948) King John's Treasure (1954) The Wells of St. Mary's (1962) No Leading Lady (1968) The Siege of Swayne Castle (1973)

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