John Palmer (author)
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John Leslie Palmer was a British
author. Under his own name, he wrote extensively about early English actors and about British literary figures. He also wrote fiction under the collaborative pseudonyms Francis Beeding, Christopher Haddon, David Pilgrim and John Somers.
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As Francis Beeding, with Hilary Saint George Saunders
he co-authored The House of Dr. Edwardes
, which was later used as the basis for the Hitchcock film Spellbound
.
, Ben Jonson
, George Bernard Shaw
, and Rudyard Kipling
. He also wrote books on Shakespears's comic and political characters.
United Kingdom
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author. Under his own name, he wrote extensively about early English actors and about British literary figures. He also wrote fiction under the collaborative pseudonyms Francis Beeding, Christopher Haddon, David Pilgrim and John Somers.
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As Francis Beeding, with Hilary Saint George Saunders
Hilary Saint George Saunders
Hilary Aidan Saint George Saunders was a British author. Saunders was born in Clifton, near Bristol. During World War I he served with the Welsh Guards....
he co-authored The House of Dr. Edwardes
The House Of Dr. Edwardes
The House of Dr. Edwardes is a psychological thriller novel written by John Palmer and Hilary A. Saunders, under the pseudonym "Francis Beeding"....
, which was later used as the basis for the Hitchcock film Spellbound
Spellbound (1945 film)
Spellbound is a psychological mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1945. It tells the story of the new head of a mental asylum who turns out not to be what he claims. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. It is an adaptation by Angus...
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Nonfiction
He wrote biograbhies of MolièreMolière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
, Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems...
, George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
, and Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
. He also wrote books on Shakespears's comic and political characters.
Fiction
Palmer and Saunders used the collective pseudonym "Francis Beeding" for more than thirty novels, including:- The Hidden Kingdom (1927)
- The House of Dr. EdwardesThe House Of Dr. EdwardesThe House of Dr. Edwardes is a psychological thriller novel written by John Palmer and Hilary A. Saunders, under the pseudonym "Francis Beeding"....
(1927) - Death Walks in Eastrepps (1931)
- The One Sane Man (1934)