James Bridie

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James Bridie was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter, noted for his influential role in 20th-century British theatre and his collaborations on several major film adaptations.

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instanceOf dramatist
person
playwright
screenwriter
birthName Osborne Henry Mavor
coFounderOf Glasgow Citizens Theatre
surface form: Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1888-01-03
dateOfDeath 1951-01-29
educatedAt University of Glasgow
fieldOfWork film
medicine
theatre
genre comedy
drama
givenName James
influenced Scottish theatre
mid-20th-century British drama
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement 20th-century British theatre
notableFor collaborations on major film adaptations
influential role in 20th-century British theatre
notableWork A Roaring Girl
A Sleeping Clergyman
Colonel Wotherspoon
Daphne Laureola
Dr Angelus
It Depends What You Mean
Book of Jonah
surface form: Jonah and the Whale

Mr Bolfry
Mr Gillie
The Anatomist
The Baikie Charivari
The Dark Tower
The Devil to Pay
The End of Man
The Forrigan Reel
The Golden Legend of Schultze
The King of Nowhere
The Last Trump
The Queen’s Comedy
The Sign of the Sun
The Sleeping Partner
The Sunlight Sonata
The Switchback
The White Owl
occupation physician
playwright
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Glasgow
placeOfDeath Edinburgh
positionHeld artistic director of Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
pseudonym James Bridie
spouse Anne Hannan
writingStyle philosophical themes
witty dialogue

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The Paradine Case screenwriter James Bridie
Scottish Renaissance notableFigure James Bridie
James Bridie pseudonym James Bridie
Under Capricorn screenwriter James Bridie
Glasgow Citizens Theatre foundedBy James Bridie