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'''Monckton Hoffe''' (1880-1951) was an Irish [[playwright]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/338772</ref> He was born in [[Connemara]] on 26 December 1880.<ref>Sturges & Henderson p.348</ref>
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{{Infobox writer
| nationality = Irish
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1880}}
| death_date = {{Death date|1951|11|4}}
| birth_place = [[Connemara, Ireland]]
| death_place = [[London, England]]
| spouse = Barbara Conrad
| name = Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles
| occupation = [[Playwright]] and [[screenwriter]]
| genre = Romantic comedy
| years_active = 1903—1941
}}

'''Monckton Hoffe''' (1880–1951) was an Irish [[playwright]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa118a98|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709152003/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baa118a98|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2019|title=Monckton Hoffe|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref>

== Early life ==
On 26 December 1880, Hoffe was born in [[Connemara]], Ireland.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sturges|first=Preston|title=Five screenplays|url=https://archive.org/details/fivescreenplays00stur|url-access=registration|last2=Henderson|first2=Brian|publisher=University of California Press|year=1985|isbn=0-520-05442-3|location=Berkeley|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fivescreenplays00stur/page/384 384]|oclc=11728327}}</ref> His full name was Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Nicoll|first=Allardyce|title=English drama, 1900–1930; the beginnings of the modern period.|url=https://archive.org/details/englishdrama190000alla|url-access=registration|publisher=University Press|year=1973|isbn=0-521-08416-4|location=Cambridge [England]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/englishdrama190000alla/page/727 727]|oclc=588815}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=Mr Monckton Hoffe. A skilful playwright|date=6 November 1951|work=The Times (London)|issue=52151|page=8}}</ref>

== Career ==
Hoffe was known for his romantic comedies and was well known in commercial theatre in London in the 1920s.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|date=8 November 1951|title=Obituary. Monckton Hoffe|journal=The Stage|pages=7}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> He wrote more than 20 plays.<ref name=":1" />

He was initially an actor who wrote his first play, ''[[The Lady Who Dwelt in the Dark]],'' in 1903.<ref name=":3" /> He became more widely known with ''[[The Little Damozel (play)|The Little Damozel]]'' in 1909 in which [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1858)|Charles Hawtrey]] appeared. He wrote for films and broadcasting, and continued to act on stage and in films intermittently throughout his life.<ref name=":2" />

Hoffe was married to Barbara Conrad but the marriage was dissolved in 1923.<ref name=":2" />

He died on 4 November 1951 in London.<ref name=":0" />


==Selected plays==
==Selected plays==
* ''[[The Faithful Heart (play)|The Faithful Heart]]''
*''[[The Lady Who Dwelt in the Dark]]'' (1903)
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*''[[The Little Damozel (play)|The Little Damozel]]'' (1909)
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* ''[[Hate Ship]]''
*''[[The Faithful Heart (play)|The Faithful Heart]]'' (1921)
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* ''[[Flame of Love]]'
*''[[Pomp and Circumstance]]'' (1922)
* ''Many Waters''
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*''[[Hate Ship]]''
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* ''[[The Little Damozel (play)|The Little Damozel]]''
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*''[[The Flame of Love]]''
*''[[The Crooked Friday]]'' (1925)
*''[[Many Waters (play)|Many Waters]]'' (1928)
*''[[Grim Fairy Tale]]'' (1946)


==Selected Screenplays==
==Selected Screenplays==
* ''[[The Little Damozel (1916 film)|The Little Damozel]]'' (1916)
* ''[[The Little Damozel (1916 film)|The Little Damozel]]'' (1916)
* ''[[The Hate Ship ]]'' (1929)
* ''[[The Hate Ship]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Under the Greenwood Tree (1929 film)|Under the Greenwood Tree]]'' (1929)
* ''[[The Flame of Love]]'' (1930)
* ''[[The Flame of Love]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Hai-Tang]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Hai-Tang]]'' (1930)
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* ''[[The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937 film)|The Last of Mrs. Cheyney]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937 film)|The Last of Mrs. Cheyney]]'' (1937)
* ''[[London Melody]]'' (1937)
* ''[[London Melody]]'' (1937)
* "[[The Lady Eve]]" (1941)
* ''[[The Lady Eve]]'' (1941)


==Honors and awards==
==Honors and awards==
Hoffe was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Story|Best Writing, Original Story]] for the [[Preston Sturges]] comedy ''[[The Lady Eve]]''. The winner was ''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]''.
Hoffe was nominated in 1941 for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Story|Best Writing, Original Story]] for the [[Preston Sturges]] comedy ''[[The Lady Eve]]''. The winner was ''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]''.

==Bibliography==
* Sturges, Preston & Henderson Brian ''Five screenplays''. University of California Press, 1985.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0388743}}
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*{{IBDB name|7800}}
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*Plays by [https://www.greatwartheatre.org.uk/db/person/648/ Monckton Hoffe] and [https://www.greatwartheatre.org.uk/db/person/989/ M. Hoffe] on [https://www.greatwartheatre.org.uk Great War Theatre]


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Latest revision as of 12:52, 28 November 2024

Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles
Born1880 (1880)
Connemara, Ireland
Died(1951-11-04)November 4, 1951
London, England
OccupationPlaywright and screenwriter
NationalityIrish
GenreRomantic comedy
Years active1903—1941
SpouseBarbara Conrad

Monckton Hoffe (1880–1951) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter.[1]

Early life

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On 26 December 1880, Hoffe was born in Connemara, Ireland.[2] His full name was Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles.[3][4]

Career

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Hoffe was known for his romantic comedies and was well known in commercial theatre in London in the 1920s.[5][4] He wrote more than 20 plays.[3]

He was initially an actor who wrote his first play, The Lady Who Dwelt in the Dark, in 1903.[5] He became more widely known with The Little Damozel in 1909 in which Charles Hawtrey appeared. He wrote for films and broadcasting, and continued to act on stage and in films intermittently throughout his life.[4]

Hoffe was married to Barbara Conrad but the marriage was dissolved in 1923.[4]

He died on 4 November 1951 in London.[1]

Selected plays

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Selected Screenplays

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Honors and awards

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Hoffe was nominated in 1941 for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story for the Preston Sturges comedy The Lady Eve. The winner was Here Comes Mr. Jordan.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Monckton Hoffe". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ Sturges, Preston; Henderson, Brian (1985). Five screenplays. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 384. ISBN 0-520-05442-3. OCLC 11728327.
  3. ^ a b Nicoll, Allardyce (1973). English drama, 1900–1930; the beginnings of the modern period. Cambridge [England]: University Press. pp. 727. ISBN 0-521-08416-4. OCLC 588815.
  4. ^ a b c d "Mr Monckton Hoffe. A skilful playwright". The Times (London). No. 52151. 6 November 1951. p. 8.
  5. ^ a b "Obituary. Monckton Hoffe". The Stage: 7. 8 November 1951.
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