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James Bridie (3 January 1888 in Glasgow – 29 January 1951 in Edinburgh) was the pseudonym of a Scottish playwright, screenwriter and surgeon whose real name was Osborne Henry Mavor.〔Daniel Leary (1982) ''Dictionary of Literary Biography: Modern British Dramatists 1900-1945'', Stanley Weintraub Ed., Gale, Detroit ISBN 0-8103-0937-8〕〔Terence Tobin (1980) ''James Bridie (Osborne Henry Mavor)'', Twayne Publishers, Boston ISBN 978-0805767865〕〔Winifred Bannister (1955) ''James Bridie and His Theatre: a study of James Bridie's personality, his stage plays, and his work for the foundation of a Scottish national theatre'', Rockliff〕〔Helen L. Luyben (1965) ''James Bridie: Clown and Philosopher'', University of Pennsylvania Press〕〔Ronald Mavor (1988) ''Dr. Mavor and Mr. Bridie: Memories of James Bridie'', Canongate and The National Library of Scotland ISBN 978-0862411985〕 He took his pen-name from his paternal grandfather's first name and his grandmother's maiden name.〔 Mavor studied medicine at the University of Glasgow graduating in 1913, then served as a military doctor during World War I, seeing service in France and Mesopotamia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Captain Osborne Henry Mavor )〕 His comedic plays saw success in London, and he became a full-time writer in 1938. Despite this, he returned to the army during World War II, again serving as a doctor.〔 He was the main founder of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, with his cousin, the author Guy McCrone and was also instrumental in the establishment of the Edinburgh Festival.〔 Bridie worked with the director Alfred Hitchcock in the late 1940s. They worked together on: * ''The Paradine Case'' (1947). Bridie originally wrote the screenplay, and Ben Hecht contributed some additional dialogue. But due to casting, the characters had to be changed. So David O. Selznick had to write another script. * ''Under Capricorn'' (1949)〔 * ''Stage Fright'' (1950)〔 In 1923, he married Rona Locke Bremner (1897–1985). Their son was killed in World War II.〔 His other son Ronald (1925–2007) was also both a physician and playwright.〔(Helensburgh Heroes )〕 Ronald became drama critic of ''The Scotsman'' after retiring from medicine, Director of the Scottish Arts Council and Deputy Chairman of the Edinburgh Festival.〔 He was Professor of Drama and Head of the Drama Department at the University of Saskatchewan and was appointed C.B.E. in 1971.〔 James Bridie died in Edinburgh of a stroke and is buried in Glasgow Western Necropolis.〔 The Bridie Library at the Glasgow University Union is named after him, as is the annual Bridie Dinner that takes place in the Union each December. ==Bibliography== *''Some Talk of Alexander'' (1926), book, his experiences as an army doctor *''The Sunlight Sonata'' or ''To Meet the Seven Deadly Sins'' (1928) published under the pseudonym Mary Henderson, directed by Tyrone Guthrie *''The Switchback'' (1929), with James Brandane *''What It Is to Be Young'' (1929) *''The Girl Who Did Not Want to Go to Kuala Lumpur'' (1930) *''The Pardoner's Tale'' (1930) *''Tobias and the Angel'' (1930)〔Kenneth Hardacre (1960) ''James Bridie's "Tobias and the Angel"'' (Chosen Eng. Texts Notes), Andrew Brodie Publications, London – Study Guide for students of the play〕 *''The Amazed Evangelist'' (1931) *''The Anatomist'' (1931) (dramatization of the historical Burke and Hare murders) *''The Dancing Bear'' (1931) *''Jonah and the Whale'' (1932) *''A Sleeping Clergyman'' (1933) *''Marriage Is No Joke'' (1934) *''Colonel Witherspoon'' or ''The Fourth Way of Greatness'' (1934) *''Mary Reed'' (with Claude Gurney) (1934) *''The Tragic Muse'' (1934) *''The Black Eye'' (1935) *''Storm in a Teacup'' (Adaptation) (1936) Based on Bruno Frank's ''Sturm im Wasserglas'' *''Susannah and the Elders'' (1937) *''The King of Nowhere'' (1938) *''Babes in the Wood'' (1938) *''The Last Trump'' (1938) *''The Kitchen Comedy'' Radio play, (1938) *''The Letter Box Rattles'' (1938) *''One Way of Living'' (1939) – Autobiography〔''Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1.'' (1940) Library of Congress〕 *''What Say They?'' (1939) *''The Sign of the Prophet Jonah'' Radio play (1942) Adaption of Jonah and the Whale *''The Dragon and the Dove'' or ''How the Hermit Abraham Fought the Devil for His Niece'' (1943) *''Jonah 3'' (1942) Revised version of ''Jonah and the Whale'' *''Holy Isle'' (1942) *''A Change for the Worse'' 1943 *''Mr. Bolfry'' 1943 *''Tedious and Brief'' (1944) *''Lancelot'' 1945 *''Paradise Enow'' 1945 *''The Pyrate's Den'' (1946) unpublished, written under the pseudonym Archibald P. Kellock *''Gog and Magog'' 1948 *''It Depends What You Mean'' 1949 *''The Forrigan Reel'' Ballad opera 1949 *''Dr. Angelus'' 1949 *''John Knox'' 1949 *''Daphne Laureola'' 1949〔''Billboard'' Vol.62, No.39 (Sep 30, 1950)〕 *''The Golden Legend of Shults'' 1949 *''Mr. Gillie'' 1950 *''The Queen's Comedy'' 1950 *''The Baikie Charivari or The Seven Prophets'' 1953 *''Meeting at Night (With Archibald Batty)'' 1954 *(Adaptation) ''The Wild Duck''. Based on Vildanden by Henrik Ibsen *(Adaptation) ''Liliom'' Based on Ferenc Molnár's play of the same name *(Adaptation) ''Hedda Gabler'' by Henrik Ibsen *(Adaptation) ''The Misanthrope'' Based on ''Le Misanthrope'' by Molière 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Bridie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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