Florence Kilpatrick
Florence Antoinette Kilpatrick (1888–1968) was a British author and playwright whose plays were made into films Virginia's Husband and The Hellcat.
Career[edit]
Kilpatrick adapted two of her novels into plays which, in turn, were made into films. Her novel Virginia's Husband was dramatised as a farcical comedy in 1926.[1][2] Two versions of the film were produced in 1928 and 1934. Wildcat Hetty was also dramatised and performed as Wildcat Hetty and Hell Cat Hetty in 1927, starring Dorothy Minto.[2][3] It was adapted to the film The Hellcat.
The novel The Eldest Miss Grimmett was dramatised as Murder without Tears in 1938.[4]
Kilpatrick travelled to South America and Africa to gather material for her novels.[5]
Kilpatrick died in 1968.
Works[edit]
Plays[edit]
- Virginia's Husband (1926)
- Hell Cat Hetty (1927)
- Murder without Tears (1938)
- Easy Living (1943)
Novels[edit]
- Our Elizabeth (1920)
- Educating Ernestine (1921)
- Our Elizabeth Again (1923)
- Sunshine Street (1923)
- Camilla in a Caravan (1925)
- Virginia's Husband (1925)
- Red Dust, a Romance of East Africa (1926)
- Wildcat Hetty (1927)
- Something always Happens! (1928)
- Hetty's Son (1929)
- Rift Valley (1930)
- Illicit (1932)
- Our Elizabeth Returns (1933)
- Oh, Joy! (1933)
- Hetty Married; a sequel to Wildcat Hetty (1933)
- Getting George married (1933)
- Paradise Limited (1935)
- White Man, Black Man (1935)
- Sea Fever (1936)
- The Eldest Miss Grimmett (1936)
- What a Liberty (1937)
- Six Marriages (1937)
- Within Four Walls (1938)
- Elizabeth in Africa (1940)
- Men are just Marvellous (1941)
- Elizabeth to the Rescue (1942)
- Elizabeth in Wartime (1942)
- Motive for Murder (1944)
- Gentlemen Should Marry (1942)
- Elizabeth the Sleuth (1946)
- Elizabeth finds the Body (1949)
References[edit]
- ^ "New Woman Dramatist". Leeds Mercury. 26 June 1926. p. 4.
- ^ a b Nicoll, Allardyce (1973). English drama, 1900–1930; the beginnings of the modern period. Cambridge [England]: University Press. p. 764. ISBN 0-521-08416-4. OCLC 588815.
- ^ "Novelties booked for next week". Portsmouth Evening News. 23 April 1927. p. 8.
- ^ "Four "Discoveries" in new play". The Era. 7 April 1938. p. 3.
- ^ "Women in Public Eye". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 17 October 1927. p. 2.
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