Monckton Hoffe
Monckton Hoffe (1880–1951) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter.[1]
Early life
On 26 December 1880, Hoffe was born in Connemara, Ireland.[2] His full name was Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles.[3]
Selected plays
- The Faithful Heart (1921)
- Hate Ship
- The Flame of Love
- Many Waters (1928)
- The Little Damozel
Selected Screenplays
- The Little Damozel (1916)
- The Hate Ship (1929)
- Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
- The Flame of Love (1930)
- Hai-Tang (1930)
- Bitter Sweet (1933)
- The Queen's Affair (1934)
- What Every Woman Knows (1934)
- The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
- Pagliacci (1936)
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
- London Melody (1937)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
Honors and awards
Hoffe was nominated 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
- ^ "Monckton Hoffe". BFI. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Sturges, Preston; Henderson, Brian (1985). Five screenplays. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 384. ISBN 0-520-05442-3. OCLC 11728327.
- ^ Nicoll, Allardyce (1973). English drama, 1900-1930; the beginnings of the modern period. Cambridge [England]: University Press. p. 727. ISBN 0-521-08416-4. OCLC 588815.
External links
- Monckton Hoffe at IMDb
- Monckton Hoffe at the Internet Broadway Database
- Plays by Monckton Hoffe and M. Hoffe on Great War Theatre
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