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Robert Cedric Sherriff, FSA, FRSL (6 June 1896 – 13 November 1975) was an English writer best known for his play Journey's End, which was based on his experiences as an army officer in the First World War.
Jun 2, 2024 · R.C. Sherriff (born June 6, 1896, Hampton Wick, Surrey, England—died November 13, 1975, London) was an English playwright and screenwriter, remembered for his Journey’s End (1928), a World War I play that won wide critical acclaim.
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Born in 1896, Mr Robert Cedric (RC) Sherriff, our generous benefactor, was a prolific novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Like many of the artists, musicians and performers we support today, RC Sherriff’s love of the theatre and the arts started as a hobby.
Journey's End is a 1928 dramatic play by English playwright R. C. Sherriff, set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, towards the end of the First World War.
- Robert Cedric Sherriff
- 1928
Learn about the life and work of RC Sherriff, a Surrey-born playwright and screenwriter who wrote Journey's End, Goodbye, Mr Chips and The Dam Busters. Explore his timeline, his Hollywood years, his autobiography and his legacy.
Jun 19, 2014 · R. C. Sherriff’s 1928 play “Journey’s End,” based on his memories of life in the trenches, anticipates the absurdism and existentialism of Beckett.
Robert Cedric Sherriff was an English writer best known for his play Journey's End which was based on his experiences as a Captain in World War I. He wrote several plays, novels, and screenplays, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) and two British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Robert Cedric ...
