Bridget Boland
Bridget Boland was a British screenwriter, playwright and novelist.
Life
Bridget Boland was born in London on 13 March 1913 to Irish politician John Pius Boland and Eileen Querin Boland.
Boland was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton and at Oxford University, where she studied philosophy, politics, and economics, graduating B.A. in 1935. In 1937 she became a film writer. From 1941 to 1946 she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, producing plays for the troops to boost morale from 1943 to 1946.
Boland reflected on her life and work in 1987:
Works
Selected filmography
Laugh It Off Gaslight Freedom Radio He Found a Star This England Prelude to Fame The Fake The Prisoner War and Peace
Plays
The Arabian Nights, produced 1948Cockpit, produced 1948; featured in Plays of the Year 1, 1949; filmed as The Lost PeopleThe Damascus Blade, produced 1950The Return, produced 1952 as Journey to Earth and 1953 as The ReturnThe Prisoner, produced 1954; featured in Plays of the Year 10, 1954Gordon, produced 1961; featured in Plays of the Year 25, 1962The Zodiac in the Establishment, produced 1963A Juan by Degrees, produced 1965 Time Out of Mind, produced 1970
Novels
The Wild Geese, 1938Portrait of a Lady in Love, 1942Caterina, 1975
Other
Old Wives' Lore for Gardeners, 1976Gardener's Magic and Other Old Wives' Lore, 1977At My Mother's Knee, 1978The Lisle Letters: An Abridgement, 1983. Abridgement of the 6-volume edition edited by Muriel St. Clare Byrne