Abstract
Bridie's (Figure 1) real name was Osborne Henry Mavor, born on 3 January 1888 in Glasgow where he studied medicine and qualified in 1918. Dr OH Mavor served in the RAMC in both world wars and practised between them but his passion for the theatre made James Bridie take over as a full-time dramatist for the last ten years of his life. Bridie wrote The Switchback (1929), Tobias and the Angel (1930), The Anatomist (1930) and Daphne Laureola (1949) – 40 plays in all. He founded Glasgow Citizens Theatre (1943) and a Scottish College of Drama (1950). 1
James Bridie. Photograph courtesy of Glasgow University Library
Footnotes
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Material relating to James Bridie may be found at the University of Glasgow and The National Library of Scotland and in James Bridie; Clown and Philosopher (1965) by H Luyben