Winifred Carter
Winifred Carter was an English author and playwright, who was particularly active from the 1920s–40s.Life
Carter was the mother of the mystery and detective novel author Emery Bonett and the wife of novelist John L. Carter and actress and playwright Edith Carter.
Winifred Carter's most successful work was probably her 1945 novel Princess Fitz, which was made into a 1947 film Mrs. Fitzherbert.
It is a romance set in 1783, which chronicles the convoluted, yet ultimately doomed, relationship between a prince regent and a Catholic widow.Plays
- A Man’s Enemies - Richmond Theatre, London
- High Fever - Arts Theatre, London and repertory
- Sarah-Duchess of Marlborough - Adelphi Theatre, London 1932
- Marriage Harvest - Q Theatre, London 1932
- Moloch. A play in Three Acts aka Escape From Glory - Players' and Strand Theatres, London and Bard Theater, US; published 1935/—
- The Two Mrs. Camerons. A Play in Three Acts - Q Theatre, London and Townley Street Sunday School by the January 1945; published 1936/1937
- Wanted-a Wife. A Play in Three Acts - Q Theatre, London and repertory; published 1936/1937
- The Work-a-Day World. A Comedy in One Act for Eleven Women - published 1936
- Doctor Johnson’s Mrs. Thrale - Adelphi, Strand, Little and Kingsway Theatres, London; published 1938/—
- The Queen Who Kept Her Head aka The Intriguing Queen - Kingsway and Adelphi Theatres, London and repertory; published 1934/—
Film
- Princess Fitz UK 1947/1950 - based on eponymous novel
