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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.
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, Caroline...
Complete list of more than 50 plays by British playwright William Douglas Home including 'The Kingfisher', 'The Secretary Bird', 'The Reluctant Debutante', 'Lloyd George Knew My Father', 'The Chiltern Hundreds', 'The Jockey Club Stakes', 'The Dame of Sark', including contacts for performance 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.
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William Douglas-Home was born on 3 June 1912 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for What a Girl Wants (2003), The Reluctant Debutante (1958) and Now Barabbas (1949). He was married to Branch, Rachel, the Baroness Dacre. He died on 28 September 1992 in Winchester, England, UK.
