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William Douglas Home (3 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a British dramatist and politician. Early life. Douglas-Home (he later dropped the hyphen from his surname) was the third son of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, and Lady Lilian Lambton, daughter of the 4th Earl of Durham.
May 30, 2024 · William Douglas-Home (born June 3, 1912, Edinburgh, Scot.—died Sept. 28, 1992, Kilmeston, Hampshire, Eng.) was a British playwright who, in four decades, created more than 40 plays, notably light comedies that often were produced on Broadway and made into motion pictures.
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William Douglas Home (1912-92) was a leading British playwright and author of such plays as The Reluctant Debutante, The Secretary Bird and The Kingfisher. At the height of his success he was seldom without a play running in the West End of London, sometimes more than one.
William Douglas-Home, playwright, born Edinburgh 3 June 1912, married 1951 Rachel Brand (succeeded 1970 as Baroness Dacre; one son, three daughters), died Kilmeston Hampshire 28 September 1992. William Douglas-Home was the most gentlemanly of playwrights, as befitted the son of an earl.
William Douglas-Home, playwright, born Edinburgh 3 June 1912, married 1951 Rachel Brand (succeeded 1970 as Baroness Dacre; one son, three daughters), died Kilmeston Hampshire 28 September 1992.
The Reluctant Debutante is a 1955 play by the British playwright William Douglas Home. It was first performed (for a 'try-out' week) at the Theatre Royal Brighton after William Douglas-Home spotted the untrained 17-year-old actress Anna Massey and brought her in to audition for the title role.
Sep 30, 1992 · William Douglas-Home, a prolific English playwright of light comedy, died on Monday at his home in Winchester, England. He was 80 years old. He died of a heart attack, said his niece,...
