Alicia Ramsey
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Alicia Ramsey was a British playwright
and screenwriter
. Her name is sometimes given as Alice Ramsey. She was born Alice Joanna Royston before she married the actor Cecil Ramsey. She later married Rudolph de Cordova
with whom she collaborated on several works. Several of her plays were turned into films in the silent era.
Screenplays
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. Her name is sometimes given as Alice Ramsey. She was born Alice Joanna Royston before she married the actor Cecil Ramsey. She later married Rudolph de Cordova
Rudolph de Cordova
Rudolph de Cordova was a Jamaican-born British writer, screenwriter and actor. He was married to the writer Alicia Ramsey and collaborated with her on several plays. Cordova was born in Kingston, the son of a prominent merchant. He went to London to study medicine in the 1880s, but stoon abandoned...
with whom she collaborated on several works. Several of her plays were turned into films in the silent era.
Selected works
Plays- ByronByron (play)Byron is a historical play by the British writer Alicia Ramsey, which was first performed in 1908. It depicts the life of the early nineteenth century writer Lord Byron.-Adaptation:...
(1908)
Screenplays
- Young LochinvarYoung LochinvarYoung Lochinvar is a 1924 British silent historical drama film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Owen Nares, Gladys Jennings and Dick Webb. It was based on a story by Walter Scott. In Scotland a young man insists on marrying the woman he loves in spite of the fact that she is betrothed to...
(1924) - The Desert Sheik (1924)
- The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
- The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MPThe Presumption of Stanley Hay, MPThe Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring David Hawthorne, Betty Faire, Fred Raynham and Kinsey Peile...
(1925) - One Colombo NightOne Colombo NightOne Colombo Night is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Godfrey Tearle, Marjorie Hume and Nora Swinburne. It was based on a story by Austin Phillips...
(1926)