Winifred Carter's most successful work was probably her 1945 novel Princess Fitz, which was made into a 1947 film Mrs. Fitzherbert.[2]
It is a romance set in 1783, which chronicles the convoluted, yet ultimately doomed, relationship between a prince regent and a Catholic widow (
Mrs Fitzherbert).
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)
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 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
Winifred Carter's most successful work was probably her 1945 novel Princess Fitz, which was made into a 1947 film Mrs. Fitzherbert.[2]
It is a romance set in 1783, which chronicles the convoluted, yet ultimately doomed, relationship between a prince regent and a Catholic widow (
Mrs Fitzherbert).
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)
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 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