W Somerset Maugham (Estate)

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Film, TV & Theatre

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Film, TV, radio and stage rights
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Agent: Nicki Stoddart
Foreign stage rights

Books

William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to letters. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and short story write was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of The Trembling of a Leaf, subtitled Little Stories of the South Sea Islands, in 1921, which was followed by seven more collections. He wrote many famous novels including The Razor's Edge and The Painted Veil, along with other works including travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook.

In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1963.

Film, TV & Theatre

25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965

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Film & Television Rights

ProductionCompanyNotes

NOVELS

CATALINA

1948

THEN AND NOW

1946

THE RAZOR'S EDGE (1943/44)

UP AT THE VILLA (AKA THE VILLA ON THE HILL)

1940

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

1939

THEATRE

1937

THE NARROW CORNER

1932

CAKES AND ALE

1930

THE PAINTED VEIL

1925

THE MOON AND SIXPENCE

1919

OF HUMAN BONDAGE

1915

THE MAGICIAN (1908/09)

THE MERRY GO ROUND

1904

MRS CRADDOCK

1902

SHORT STORIES

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Theatre

ProductionCompanyNotes

PLAYS

JANE

1952

THEATRE (AKA LARGER THAN LIFE)

1941

THE LION AT BAY

1940

THE LION'S SKIN

1937

THE LOTUS EATER

1935

SHEPPEY

1933

FOR SERVICES RENDERED

1932

THE BREADWINNER

1930

THE SACRED FLAME

1928

THE LETTER

1927

THE CONSTANT WIFE

1926

GERMANY HARRY

1924

LOAVES AND FISHES

1924

THE LUNCHEON

1924

CAROLINE

1923

HOME AND BEAUTY

1923

OUR BETTERS

1923

THE UNATTAINABLE

1923

THE CAMEL'S BACK

1923

EAST OF SUEZ

1922

THE CIRCLE

1921

CAESAR'S WIFE

1922

THE ABLE

1921

THE UNKNOWN

1920

THE KEYS TO HEAVEN

1917

MRS BEAMISH

1917

THE TENTH (FAT) MAN

1913

GRACE (LANDED GENTRY)

1913

THE LAND OF PROMISE

1913

SMITH

1913

PENELOPE

1912

JACK STRAW

1912

THE EXPLORER

1912

LADY FREDERICK

1912

MRS DOT

1912

A MAN OF HONOUR

1903

MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN

1903