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Florence Kilpatrick

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Florence Antoinette Kilpatrick (1888–1968) was a British author and playwright whose plays were made into films Virginia's Husband and The Hellcat.

Career

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Kilpatrick adapted two of her novels into plays which, in turn, were made into films. Her novel Virginia's Husband was dramatised as a farcical comedy in 1926.[1][2] Two versions of the film were produced in 1928 and 1934. Wildcat Hetty was also dramatised and performed as Wildcat Hetty and Hell Cat Hetty in 1927, starring Dorothy Minto.[2][3] It was adapted to the film The Hellcat.

The novel The Eldest Miss Grimmett was dramatised as Murder without Tears in 1938.[4]

Kilpatrick travelled to South America and Africa to gather material for her novels.[5]

Kilpatrick died in 1968.

Works

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Plays

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  • Virginia's Husband (1926)
  • Hell Cat Hetty (1927)
  • Murder without Tears (1938)
  • Easy Living (1943)

Novels

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  • Our Elizabeth (1920)
  • Educating Ernestine (1921)
  • Our Elizabeth Again (1923)
  • Sunshine Street (1923)
  • Camilla in a Caravan (1925)
  • Virginia's Husband (1925)
  • Red Dust, a Romance of East Africa (1926)
  • Wildcat Hetty (1927)
  • Something always Happens! (1928)
  • Hetty's Son (1929)
  • Rift Valley (1930)
  • Illicit (1932)
  • Our Elizabeth Returns (1933)
  • Oh, Joy! (1933)
  • Hetty Married; a sequel to Wildcat Hetty (1933)
  • Getting George married (1933)
  • Paradise Limited (1935)
  • White Man, Black Man (1935)
  • Sea Fever (1936)
  • The Eldest Miss Grimmett (1936)
  • What a Liberty (1937)
  • Six Marriages (1937)
  • Within Four Walls (1938)
  • Elizabeth in Africa (1940)
  • Men are just Marvellous (1941)
  • Elizabeth to the Rescue (1942)
  • Elizabeth in Wartime (1942)
  • Motive for Murder (1944)
  • Gentlemen Should Marry (1942)
  • Elizabeth the Sleuth (1946)
  • Elizabeth finds the Body (1949)

References

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  1. ^ "New Woman Dramatist". Leeds Mercury. 26 June 1926. p. 4.
  2. ^ a b Nicoll, Allardyce (1973). English drama, 1900–1930; the beginnings of the modern period. Cambridge [England]: University Press. p. 764. ISBN 0-521-08416-4. OCLC 588815.
  3. ^ "Novelties booked for next week". Portsmouth Evening News. 23 April 1927. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Four "Discoveries" in new play". The Era. 7 April 1938. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Women in Public Eye". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 17 October 1927. p. 2.
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