Compton Mackenzie - Penguin Books UK.
Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972), Writer. Sir (Edward Montague Anthony) Compton Mackenzie. Sitter associated with 76 portraits Born in West Hartlepool, Cleveland, Mackenzie was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford. His first novel was published in 1911, followed by Carnival (1912) and his semi-autobiographical Sinister Street (1913-14) whose hero is 'handicapped by a public.
Mackenzie, Compton, 1883-1972 Title: Compton Mackenzie Papers: Dates: 1816-1970, undated Extent: 199 document boxes (83.58 linear feet), 1 oversize folder (osf), 40 galley files (gf) Abstract: The papers of Scottish writer Compton Mackenzie provide detailed documentation of his entire professional and personal life. Also included are the papers of his parents, actors Edward Compton and.
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A look at the life and work of Compton Mackenzie. The work of Whisky Galore has his work reviewed in the programme. Also featured is a review of the new novel by Raleigh Trevelyan and of books by.
But on hearing that the also recently founded GU Scottish Nationalist Association (GUSNA) (1927) had already nominated his fellow writer, fellow alumnus of St Paul’s School, Westminster and fellow Roman Catholic “convert” Compton MacKenzie for the post, Chesterton immediately declined the Distributist invitation and went on to recommend at a well-attended public meeting in the Glasgow.
Compton Mackenzie was born into a theatrical family. His father, Edward Compton, was an actor and theatre company manager; his sister, Fay Compton, starred in many of James M. Barrie's plays, including Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford where he obtained a degree in Modern History.
The 'Jabberwock' Archive (Coll-1611) includes manuscript submissions and correspondence sent to this influential Edinburgh University-based journal by some of Scotland's most important post-war writers. There are poems and essays by Robert Garioch, Hugh MacDiarmid, Compton Mackenzie, and Sydney Goodsir Smith, together with letters to the editor from Neil Gunn, Hugh MacDiarmid, Compton.