R. C. Sherriff

Robert Cedric Sherriff (6. jun 1896 - 13. novembar 1975) bio je britanski književnik, najpoznatiji po ratnoj drami Journey's End kao i scenarijima za nekoliko zapaženih britanskih i hollywoodskih filmova.

R. C. Sherriff
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	Robert Cedric Sherriff (1896-06-06)6. 6. 1896. Hampton Wick, Middlesex, Engleska
Smrt	13. 11. 1975. (dob: 79) Kingston upon Thames, Engleska
Nacionalnost	britanska
Obrazovanje
Zanimanje	dramatičar i scenarist
Opus
Jezik	engleski
Znamenita djela
Journey's End

Prije nego što se počeo profesionalno baviti pisanjem, radio je u osiguravajućem društvu. Od 1914. do 1917. je služio u britanskoj vojsci u prvom svjetskom ratu, pri čemu je ranjen. Slavu je stekao nakon što je Journey's End praizvedena 1928. godine u režiji Jamesa Whalea. Godine 1937. je ista drama, adaptirana za televiziju, prikazana na programu BBC Television Service, postavši prvom televizijskom dramom u historiji.

Djela

Drame

• 1921: A Hitch in the Proceedings
• 1922: The Woods of Meadowside
• 1923: Profit and Loss
• 1924: Cornlow-in-the-Downs
• 1926: Mr. Bridie's Finger
• 1928: Journey's End
• 1930: Badger's Green
• 1933: Windfall
• 1934: Two Hearts Doubled
• 1936: St Helena
• 1948: Miss Mabel
• 1949: Dark Evening
• 1950: Home at Seven
• 1952: The Kite
• 1953: The White Carnation
• 1955: The Long Sunset
• 1957: The Telescope
• 1961: A Shred of Evidence

Filmski scenariji

• 1933: The Invisible Man
• 1934: One More River
• 1937: The Road Back
• 1939: Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• 1939: The Four Feathers
• 1941: Lady Hamilton
• 1942: This Above All
• 1945: Odd Man Out
• 1948: Quartet
• 1950: No Highway
• 1955: The Dam Busters
• 1955: The Night My Number Came Up
• 1955: Cards with Uncle Tom (TV)
• 1963: The Ogburn Story (TV)

Knjige

• Journey's End: A Novel (ko-autor: Vernon Bartlett). London: Gollancz. 1930. OCLC 4072239. 
• The Fortnight in September. 1931. OCLC 246884057.  (reizdana 2006. godine od Persephone Books)
• The Hopkins Manuscript. 1939. OCLC 2212270.  (reizdao Pan Paperback 1958. pod naslovom The Cataclysm"; reizdao 2005. Persephone Books)
• Chedworth: A Novel. 1944. OCLC 761913. 
• Another Year: A Novel. 1948. OCLC 1455916. 
• King John's Treasure. 1954. OCLC 31122994. 
• The Wells of St. Mary's. 1962. OCLC 7185868. 
• The Siege of Swayne Castle. 1973. ISBN 0-575-01722-8. 
• No Leading Lady: An Autobiography. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1968. ISBN 0-575-00155-0. 

Vanjske veze

• Sherriff's literary agents
• R. C. Sherriff na Internet Broadway Database (en)
• R. C. Sherriff na sajtu IMDb
• The Man from Esher and his Theatre of War