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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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List of the more than 50 plays and brief biography of British playwright William Douglas Home, author of 'The Kingfisher', 'The Secretary Bird', 'The Reluctant Debutante', 'Lloyd George Knew My Father' and 'The Dame of Sark', including contacts for performing rights.
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.
Oct 15, 1992 · Playwright William Douglas-Home, who was court-martialed in World War II for refusing to bombard the French port of Le Havre, has died, his niece said. He was 80.
The Chiltern Hundreds is a 1947 English-language stage comedy by William Douglas-Home, which ran for 651 performances at London's Vaudeville Theatre. It was adapted as a film in 1949, under the same title. Revivals of the play have included a 1999 production, also at the Vaudeville, starring Edward Fox.
The Secretary Bird is a British stage play by William Douglas Home. The original run starred Kenneth More who appeared in it for a year. [1] He described the play as "simple and straightforward, and has some witty dialogue."
