biography
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Douglas-Home, William
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pronunciation:
[duhglas hyoom]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1912–92)
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK, the brother of Sir Alec Douglas-Home. He studied at Oxford and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, appeared on the West End stage, and published his first play in 1937. He became known for his comedies of upper middle-class and political life, notably The Chiltern Hundreds (1947), The Reluctant Debutante (1955), The Reluctant Peer (1964), Lloyd George Knew my Father (1972), and Her Mother Came Too (1982). |
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