John Mortimer (Estate)
Playwright/Author
Books
Film, TV & Theatre
Books
Sir John Mortimer was a novelist, playwright and barrister. The first book featuring his most famous character, Horace Rumpole, was published by Penguin in 1980, and Mortimer went on to publish a dozen collections of Rumpole stories as well as a handful of novels, culminating in 2007 in RUMPOLE MISBEHAVES. He was knighted in 1998 for his services to the arts and died in January 2009.
Fiction
Publication Details | Notes |
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL A & C BLACK | Educational Play |
Other
Publication Details | Notes |
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THE SUMMER OF A DOORMOUSE Penguin | |
THE SOUND OF TRUMPETS Penguin | |
FELIX IN THE UNDERWORLD Penguin | |
RUMPOLE AND THE ANGEL OF DEATH Penguin | |
RUMPOLE AT CHRISTMAS 2009 Penguin | Collection of Rumpole Christmas stories. |
MURDERERS AND OTHER FRIENDS Penguin | Second volume of autobiography |
CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE Penguin | Won the 1982 Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award. |
IN CHARACTER Penguin | A collection of interviews with the most prominent men and women of our times |
RUMPOLE Penguin | |
TITMUSS REGAINED Penguin | |
RUMPOLE A LA CARTE Penguin | |
RUMPOLE ON TRIAL Penguin |
Film, TV & Theatre
John Mortimer was a playwright, novelist and, prior to that, a practising barrister. During the war he worked for the Crown Film Unit and published a number of novels before turning to the theatre. He wrote many film scripts and radio and television plays including six plays on the life of Shakespeare for ATV, SHADES OF GREENE for Thames, UNITY MITFORD for BBC, the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel BRIDESHEAD REVISITED for Granada, a television adaptation of his highly-successful stageplay A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER for Thames Television, TTHE EBONY TOWER (an adaptation of John Fowles' novel) for Granada, EDWIN for Anglia and an adaptation of his bbest-selling novel PARADISE POSTPONED was produced for television by Euston Films. His adaptation from his own novel SUMMER'S LEASE was transmitted by the BBC.
John's adaptation of Feydeau's A FLEA IN HER EAR which premiered at the National Theatre at the Old Vic on 8 February 1966 was revived by The Old Vic Theatre (in association with Sonia Friedman Productions) in 2010.
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER | WEST END | |
THE HAIRLESS DIVA | THE PALACE THEATRE WATFORD | |
FULL HOUSE | THE PALACE THEATRE WATFORD | |
NAKED JUSTICE | WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE / BIRMINGHAM | |
HOCK AND SODA WATER | CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE | |
A LITTLE HOTEL ON THE SIDE | ||
A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER | WEST END | |
A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER | ||
COME AS YOU ARE | ||
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE PARK | ||
THE DOCK BRIEF | ||
SHALL WE TELL CAROLINE |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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LOVE AND WAR IN THE APPENINES | McGee Street Productions/Hall of Fame | Calum Blue |
DON QUIXOTE | Hallmark/Robert Halmi/Turner | Starring John Lithgow |
CIDER WITH ROSIE | Carlton | Adaptation of book by Laurie Lee |
RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY | Thames Television | 7 x original 6 part series |
TITMUSS REGAINED | Thames Television/New Penny Productions | 3 part mini-series |
SUMMER'S LEASE | BBC | Original 4 part mini-series |
PARADISE POSTPONED | Euston Films | Original 6 part mini-series |
THE EBONY TOWER | Granada | Adaptation of J Fowles story |
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED | Granada | 12 hour adaptation of Evelyn Waugh novel |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE | ATV | Original mini series |
SHADES OF GREENE | Thames Television | |
MARRIED ALIVE | LWT |
Film
Production | Company | Notes |
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TEA WITH MUSSOLINI | Cattleya Productions | Screenplay |
MARY | Clasart Film | Directed by John Goldschmidt |
A VOYAGE ROUND MY FATHER | Thames | Script based on original stageplay |
JOHN AND MARY | Fox | Screenplay |
THE DOCK BRIEF | ||
LUNCH HOUR | Screenplay |