Lizzie Allen Harker


Lizzie Allen Harker was an English author.
Amongst her works are the play Marigold, which was turned into a 1938 film Marigold. It was also broadcast on 22 May 1943 as one of the first episodes of BBC Radio's long-running drama strand Saturday Night Theatre.
She was born in Gloucester and educated at Cheltenham Ladies College. She was the wife, and later widow, of James Allen Harker, professor at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Their sons were Oswald Allen Harker and Brig. Arthur William Allen Harker CBE, and possibly more.

Works

A Romance of the Nursery 1902Concerning Paul and Fiammetta 1906His First LeaveMiss Esperance and Mr Wycherly 1908Master and MaidThe Ffolliots of RedmarleyMr Wycherly's WardsJan and her JobChildren of the Dear CotswoldsAllegra, 1919The Bridge Across, 1921Her Proper Pride The Really Romantic Age, 1922The Vagaries of Tod and Peter, 1923The Broken Bow, 1924Hilda Ware, 1926Marigold, with F.R. Pryor 1927Black Jack House, 1929