Winifred Carter

Winifred Carter (c. 1883–1949) was an English author and playwright, who was particularly active from the 1920s–40s (not to be confused with Winifred S Carter, an American celebrity chef and cookery author also active from the 1920s–40s). She was also the mother of the mystery and detective novel author Emery Bonett and the wife^[1] 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 of the same name. It is a romance set in 1783, which chronicles the convoluted, yet ultimately doomed, relationship between a prince regent and a Catholic widow.

Bibliography of novels and short stories (with first UK/US publishing dates)

• Ashes of Eden 1915/—
• Lass o’ Laughter... The Novel of the Play by Edith Carter and Nan Marriott-Watson 1922/1922
• Sylvia Revolts 1922/—
• Miss Mischief (Ivy Stories no. 7) 1922/— (short story)
• Ashes of Eden 1922/—
• Celia Bound 1923/—
• A Lovable Imp (Ivy Stories no. 78) 1925/— (short story)
• Marriage by Mistake 1925/—
• The Strange Case of Lorna Tallis 1925/— (novella)
• Rosemary the Rebel (Ivy Stories no. 92) 1926/— (short story)
• Jealous Gwen (Ivy Stories no. 110) 1927/— (short story)
• Rose-the Dancer 1928/1929
• The Dead Return 1929/—
• Elizabeth Plays With Fire 1929/—
• The Pretty Governess (Red Letter Novels no. 229) 1929/— (novella)
• A Lost Paradise (Red Letter Novels no. 233) 1929/— (novella)
• Just a Butterfly (Ivy Stories no. 169) 1929/— (short story)
• A Rejected Girl (Red Letter Novels no. 244) 1930/— (novella)
• The Marriage Bargain! 1930/— (short story)
• Whose Sin? 1930/— (short story)
• His Difficult Daughter 1930/—
• The Money Maid 1931/—
• Why Didn’t She Tell Him? 1931/— (short story)
• The Dashing Rebel (Ivy Stories no. 239) 1932/— (short story)
• My Year of Love (Red Letter Novels no. 301) 1932/— (novella)
• Sometime-Never (Ivy Stories no. 252) 1932/— (short story)
• Out of the Shadows 1933/— (novella)
• She Thought Herself Loved (Red Letter Novels no. 318) 1933/— (novella)
• Rich Girl Rival 1936/— (novella)
• Golden Bait 1937/— (novella)
• Probationer Pat 1937/—
• Judy-Be Careful! 1939/— (novella)
• The Love Call 1939/— (possibly originally published 1930)
• The Wrong Prince Charming 1939/—
• This Love Business 1941/—
• Sarah. A Novel 1943/—
• Princess Fitz (US title: Princess Fury) 1945/—
• In Scarlet Dress 1946/—
• Tudor Triangle 1947/—
• Enchanted Cup 1948/—
• Dr. Johnson’s Dear Mistress 1949/1950
• Troubadour of Love 1950/—
• Son of Arlotte 1951/—

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 (US title: Every Mother’s Son) – Players' and Strand Theatres, London and Bard Theater, US; published 1935/—
• The Two Mrs. Camerons. A Play in Three Acts (cowritten with Edith Carter) – Q Theatre, London and Townley Street Sunday School by the CS Players January 1945; published 1936/1937
• Wanted-a Wife. A Play in Three Acts (cowritten with Edith Carter) – Q Theatre, London and repertory; published 1936/1937 (possibly originally published 1922 or 1926)
• 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/— (possibly originally published 1936)
• The Queen Who Kept Her Head. A Play in Three Acts and an Epilogue aka The Intriguing Queen – Kingsway and Adelphi Theatres, London and repertory; published 1934/—

Film

• Princess Fitz (US title: Mrs. Fitzherbert) UK 1947/1950 – based on eponymous novel

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