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Brief Biography of R.C. Sherriff Robert Cedric Sherriff was born in 1896 in Hampton Wick, Middlesex. Upon finishing school in 1914, he began working in his father’s insurance office, working as a clerk until World War I. Sherriff served in the East Surrey Regiment, fighting in several notable battles until he was finally injured in 1917.
R C SherriffPlayright1896 - 1975. Robert Cedric Sherriff was born at 2 Seymour Road, Hampton Wick on June 6 1896. He attended Kingston Grammar School. Leaving school in 1914 he joined The Sun Insurance Company, where his father, Herbert Hankin Sherriff, worked. Later that year, on the outbreak of war, he applied for a commission in the 9th East ...
22 books136 followers. Follow. 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 ...
At the end of the First World War and during the years that followed, many authors, artists and playwrights responded to the conflict through their work. One such example is the play Journey’s End by R C Sherriff. Set over a period of four days from 18th – 21st March 1918, it recounts the experiences of the officers of a British Army company.
Jan 2, 2023 · Originally published in 1939, “The Hopkins Manuscript,” by the British writer R.C. Sherriff, inaugurated a genre of post-apocalyptic fiction in which a resourceful hero survives unthinkable ...
May 13, 2024 · R. C. Sherriff. 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. He wrote several plays, many novels, and multiple screenplays, and was nominated for an Academy Award and two BAFTA awards.
Journey’s End Summary. In the first scene of Journey’s End, Osborne arrives in the British trenches of St. Quentin, France in the last year of World War I. He is the second-in-command of an infantry stationed only 70 yards from the trenches of their Germany enemies. The nature of this kind of military service is quite intense, so the ...
