RC sheriff

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RC Sherriff (born June 6, 1896 in Hampton Wick , Kingston upon Thames , † November 13, 1975 in Esher ; actually Robert Cedric Sherriff ) was an English writer and screenwriter .

Life

The son of an insurance employee worked as an insurance officer and wrote dramas for the amateur stage on the side. In the First World War, in which he participated from 1915 to 1918, he was seriously wounded in 1917. He then worked for another ten years in his bread-and-butter profession.

In 1928 he made his breakthrough with his piece The Other Side . This play about the harrowing reality of war premiered in London at the Apollo Theater with Laurence Olivier . With the support of George Bernard Shaw , who recommended the piece to be performed, it made the author known in England and the USA, despite opposition from patriotic circles. In 1930 he wrote a version of the novel with Vernon Bartlett.

From 1931 he studied for two years at New College in Oxford . He then settled in Hollywood , where he worked as a screenwriter. In 1940 he was nominated for an Oscar for Goodbye, Mr. Chips . He continued to write plays and novels, including the science fiction novel The Hopkins Manuscript (1939, German The moon falls on Europe ), published after the war under the title The Cataclysm , in which the moon falls on earth. According to John Clute , the catastrophe novel is quite atmospheric, but in view of the misjudgment of the consequences of such an impact and the misunderstanding of the catastrophe that was actually imminent in 1939, it is now rather obsolete. In contrast, Reclam's science fiction guide said that The Hopkins Manuscript was one of the best SF disaster novels, "although chauvinistic and Western-pessimistic undertones cannot be ignored." Ultimately, however, Sherriff could no longer build on the success of The Other Side .

bibliography

Novels
  • Journey's End (1928)
    • German: The other side. Drei-Masken-Verlag, Munich 1929.
  • The Fortnight in September (1931)
    • German: Bathing trip in September. Translated by Hans Reisiger. S. Fischer, Berlin 1933. Also as: September happiness: The Stevens family vacation. Wunderlich, Tübingen 1959.
  • The Green Gates (1936)
    • German: Green garden doors. S. Fischer, Leipzig 1933. Also as: The new life or the house with the green garden door. Wunderlich, Tübingen 1961.
  • The Hopkins Manuscript (1939, also as The Cataclysm , 1958)
    • English: The moon falls on Europe. Translated by Maria von Schweinitz. Magnus-Verlag, Schloss Kühlenfels 1955. Also as: Heyne Science-Fiction # 3197/3198, 1970.
  • Chedworth (1944)
  • Another Year (1948)
    • German: The other year. Fretz & Wasmuth, Zurich 1949.
  • King John's Treasure (1954)
  • The Wells of St. Mary’s (1962)
  • The Siege of Swayne Castle (1973)
Plays
  • A Hitch in the Proceedings (1921)
  • The Woods of Meadowside (1922)
  • Profit and Loss (1923)
  • Cornlow-in-the-Downs (1924)
  • The Feudal System (1925)
  • 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)
  • Home at Seven (1950)
    • German: At home at seven o'clock.
  • The White Carnation (1953)
    • English: The white carnation.
  • The Long Sunset (1955, also as a musical under the title Johnny the Priest , 1957)
  • The Telescope (1957)
  • A Shred of Evidence (1960, also as The Strip of Steel )
  • Casbar (1961)
Autobiography
  • No Leading Lady (1968)

Filmography

script
Literary template
  • 1976: The Battle in the Clouds ( Aces High )

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Sherriff, RC
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sherriff, Robert Cedric (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampton Wick , Kingston upon Thames
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1975
Place of death Esher