About Warren Chetham-Strode
Lived 1896 – 1974 (aged 78). Warren Chetham-Strode was a writer, screenwriter, author and playwright.
Early life He was educated at Sherborne School. His elder brother Edward Randall Chetham-Strode was killed in action in 1917.
Career He wrote his first play, Abdul the Dammed, in 1935. 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.
Personal life He was married on 16 July 1927 to the writer Moira Verschoyle, with whom he had one son, Michael Edward Chetham-Strode.
Selected plays Heart's Content (1936) The Day is Gone (1938) Young Mrs. Barrington (1945) The Guinea Pig (1946) The Gleam (1946) Background (1950) The Stepmother (1958)
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Who was Warren Chetham-Strode?
British writer (1897–1974)
When was Warren Chetham-Strode born?
Warren Chetham-Strode was born on 28 January 1896 in Henley-on-Thames.
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Warren Chetham-Strode died on 26 April 1974 in Sussex.
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Warren Chetham-Strode was a writer, screenwriter, author and playwright.
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