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Francis Henry Durbridge (listen ⓘ; 25 November 1912 – 10 April 1998) [1] [2] was an English dramatist and author, best known for the creation of the character Paul Temple, the gentlemanly detective who appeared in 16 BBC multi-part radio serials from 1938 onward. [3]
The Thirty Nine Steps has become a huge West End hit again, doing just that – but it's a shame that Durbridge's thrillers have disappeared so completely.
For this autumn’s production, we are pleased to present “House Guest”, a thriller by Francis Durbridge. The play is set in the house of celebrated Hollywood actors, Robert and Stella Drury on the outskirts of London.
Francis Henry Durbridge (listen ⓘ; 25 November 1912 – 11 April 1998) [1] was an English dramatist and author, best known for the creation of the character Paul Temple, the gentlemanly detective who appeared in 16 BBC multi-part radio serials from 1938 onward.
Francis Henry Durbridge was an English playwright and author born in Hull. In 1938, he created the character Paul Temple for the BBC radio serial Send for Paul Temple. A crime novelist and detective, the gentlemanly Temple solved numerous crimes with the help of Steve Trent, a Fleet Street journalist who later became his wife.
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- April 11, 1998
- November 25, 1912
Francis Durbridge’s plays have been a regular choice for the Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season for almost a generation. The master storyteller really knows how to keep an audience enthralled: just when you are on the verge of losing interest, he comes up with a cliffhanger that leaves you eager to find out what happens next.
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Nov 13, 2020 · Abstract. Best known for creating Paul Temple, a crime novelist turned investigator whose adventures were serialised on radio and television as well as appearing in novelised form, Francis Henry Durbridge was also a prolific author of other serial thrillers for television and radio and, in the 1970s, turned to writing stage plays.
