Warren Chetham-Strode
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Reginald Warren Chetham-Strode MC
, (28 January 1896 – 26 April 1974) was an English author
and playwright
. He wrote several plays including The Guinea Pig
(1946) which was turned into a movie in 1948. He also wrote screenplays for several films between 1935 and 1951 including Odette
(1950).
He also wrote the BBC Radio series, The Barlowes of Beddington which ran from 1955-1959. 'The story of a public school seen through the eyes of a Headmaster and his Wife'. Patrick Barr played Robert Barlowe the headmaster and Pauline Jameson, Kate, his wife. Evans, the Head Boy, was Edward Hardwicke, John Charlesworth was Finlay, Barry McGregor was Shepherd and boys in the background were pupils from Barking Abbey School. Geoffrey Wincott played Dogget, the School Porter and Anthony Shaw was the Governor, General Naseby.
He was educated at Sherborne School
. During World War I
he was commissioned into the Border Regiment
, and was awarded the Military Cross
in 1916. His elder brother Edward Randall Chetham-Strode was killed in action in 1917.
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
, (28 January 1896 – 26 April 1974) was an English author
Author
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and playwright
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...
. He wrote several plays including The Guinea Pig
The Guinea Pig (Chetham-Strode)
The Guinea Pig is a 3 Act play by Warren Chetham-Strode. The work premiered on London's West End at the Criterion Theatre in 1946 and starred Rachel Gurney as Lynne Hartley. An immense success, the play was soon adapted into a 1948 film starring Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim....
(1946) which was turned into a movie in 1948. He also wrote screenplays for several films between 1935 and 1951 including Odette
Odette (film)
Odette is a 1950 film that was directed by Herbert Wilcox and used a screenplay by Warren Chetham-Strode. The film starred Anna Neagle as Odette Sansom, an Allied French-born heroine of World War II who joined the Special Operations Executive and was sent to France to work with the resistance...
(1950).
He also wrote the BBC Radio series, The Barlowes of Beddington which ran from 1955-1959. 'The story of a public school seen through the eyes of a Headmaster and his Wife'. Patrick Barr played Robert Barlowe the headmaster and Pauline Jameson, Kate, his wife. Evans, the Head Boy, was Edward Hardwicke, John Charlesworth was Finlay, Barry McGregor was Shepherd and boys in the background were pupils from Barking Abbey School. Geoffrey Wincott played Dogget, the School Porter and Anthony Shaw was the Governor, General Naseby.
He was educated at Sherborne School
Sherborne School
Sherborne School is a British independent school for boys, located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. It is one of the original member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
. During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
he was commissioned into the Border Regiment
Border Regiment
The Border Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 34th Regiment of Foot and the 55th Regiment of Foot....
, and was awarded the Military Cross
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
in 1916. His elder brother Edward Randall Chetham-Strode was killed in action in 1917.