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James Bridie. James Bridie (3 January 1888 in Glasgow – 29 January 1951 in Edinburgh) was the pseudonym of a Scottish playwright, screenwriter and physician whose real name was Osborne Henry Mavor. He took his pen-name from his paternal grandfather's first name and his grandmother's maiden name.
James Bridie (born Jan. 3, 1888, Glasgow, Scot.—died Jan. 29, 1951, Edinburgh) was a Scottish playwright whose popular, witty comedies were significant to the revival of the Scottish drama during the 1930s.
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Jun 21, 2021 · Learn about James Bridie, the Glasgow-born writer of witty comedies who helped revive Scottish theatre in the 1930s. He was also a GP, a military doctor, a professor and a cofounder of the Citizens Theatre.
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James Bridie, pseudonym of Osborne Henry Mavor (1888-1951), was one of the leading British playwrights of his generation, the founder of the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, in 1943, and the first chairman of the Scottish Committee of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts established in 1942, (subsequently the Scottish Committee of ...
James Bridie (1888–1951) was a Scottish playwright who wrote comedies, biblical dramas, medical plays, and experimental works. He also founded the first College of Drama in Scotland and helped establish the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre.
James Bridie. This collection includes correspondence, financial papers, presscuttings, programmes and scripts. James Bridie (Osborne Henry Mavor 1888-1951) was born in Glasgow on 3 January 1888, the eldest son of Henry Alexander Mavor (1858-1915) and his wife, Janet Osborne (1860-1926).
Better known as the playwright James Bridie, Osborne Henry Mavor was born in Glasgow on 3rd January 1888. He was the eldest son of Henry Alexander Mavor and his wife Janet. He had a comfortable upbringing at the family home at 3 Windsor Circus and attended Glasgow Academy before going up to Glasgow University, aged sixteen in 1904, to study ...
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