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Author | Francis Brett Young |
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Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher |
Heinemann (UK) Reynal & Hitchcock (US) |
Publication date | 1942 |
Media type |
A Man About the House is a 1942 novel by the British writer Francis Brett Young. [1] Two sisters living a life of genteel poverty in North Bromwich discover that they have inherited a villa near Capri from an uncle. In the warmth of the Italian climate they both flourish, but the presence of the villa's handyman provides a troubling note.
In 1946 Flora Robson and Basil Sydney appeared in a stage adaptation A Man About the House by John Perry at the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End. [2]
In 1947 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Dulcie Gray, Margaret Johnston and Kieron Moore. [3]
![]() American first edition | |
Author | Francis Brett Young |
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Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher |
Heinemann (UK) Reynal & Hitchcock (US) |
Publication date | 1942 |
Media type |
A Man About the House is a 1942 novel by the British writer Francis Brett Young. [1] Two sisters living a life of genteel poverty in North Bromwich discover that they have inherited a villa near Capri from an uncle. In the warmth of the Italian climate they both flourish, but the presence of the villa's handyman provides a troubling note.
In 1946 Flora Robson and Basil Sydney appeared in a stage adaptation A Man About the House by John Perry at the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End. [2]
In 1947 it was made into a British film of the same title directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Dulcie Gray, Margaret Johnston and Kieron Moore. [3]