Risultati di ricerca
He came to prominence with his comic play The Anatomist (1931), about the grave robbers Burke and Hare. This and other comedic plays saw success in London, and he became a full-time writer in 1938. He returned to the army during World War II , again serving as a physician.
Film and theatre. The Anatomist, a 1696 play by Edward Ravenscroft. Several fictionalized accounts of the Burke and Hare murders, including: A 1930 play by James Bridie, and subsequent 1937 television treatment. A 1939 film adaptation of Bridie's play, starring Bruce Seton. A 1948 London stage play starring Alastair Sim.
13 apr 2020 · An early TV movie, shot under the aegis of the busy Harry Alan Towers, adapted (minimally) by director Dennis Vance from James Bridie’s play about Dr Knox, the patron of Burke and Hare. The old warhorse piece was first done for…
The Anatomist. 1980. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama. Dr. Knox is a brilliant anatomist and he needs dead bodies to work on, whatever the law says. Burke and Hare can provide them. Director. Julian Amyes. Writers. James Bridie. Ronald Mavor. Stars. Patrick Stewart. Lorna Heilbron. Elizabeth Millbank. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist.
- Julian Amyes
- 1980-09
- Drama
- James Bridie, Ronald Mavor
The Anatomist by James Bridie (1888-1951) A dark comedy set in Victorian England, the play concerns the famous anatomist Dr Knox and the grave robbers Burke and Hare, and tells the story of the West Port murders. Premiered in Edinburgh at the Lyceum in 1930; transferred to London in 1931. Moultrie R. Kelsall (1901-1980) James Bridie (1888-1951)
This chapter focuses on James Bridie and his 1930s play, The Anatomist Bridie scripted here a Shavian dilemma in direct opposition to the melodramatic discourse that had built over the previous century. He represented the doctor as superman, but society as perplexed, suffering, and responsible.
The Anatomist (1931) The Dancing Bear (1931) Jonah and the Whale (1932) A Sleeping Clergyman (1933) Marriage Is No Joke (1934) Colonel Witherspoon o The Fourth Way of Greatness (1934) Mary Reed (con Claude Gurney) (1934) The Tragic Muse (1934) The Black Eye (1935) Storm in a Teacup (Adaptation) (1936) Based on Bruno Frank's Sturm im ...