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Sir John (clifford) Mortimer

Male : Barrister turned playwright, scriptwriter and novelist
Nationality : English Place of Birth : Hampstead, London

Date of Birth : 1923

Pseudonyms : Geoffrey Lincoln

Other Work : Barrister 1948. Master of the Bench, Inner Temple 1975

Education : Harrow & Brasenose College, Oxford
1947-1960
Charade
(1947 John Lane, Bodley Head)
Rumming Park
(1948 Lane)
Answer Yes or No
(1950 Lane) (in US as "The Silver Hook" 1950 Morrow)
Like Men Betrayed
(1953 Collins) (1954 Lippincott)
The Narrowing Stream
(1954 Collins 10/6)
Three Winters
(1956 Collins 13/6)
With Love and Lizards
(1957 Michael Joseph) - with Penelope Mortimer
No Moaning at the Bar
(1957 Bles) - pseud of Geoffrey Lincoln
The Dock Brief
(1958 French) - Play
[Filmed in 1962]
Three Plays
(incl : The Dock Brief, What shall we Tell Caroline ?, & I Spy) (1958 Elek) (1962 Grove Press)
The Wrong Side of the Park
(1960 Heinemann) - Play
Lunch Hour & Other Plays
(1960 French)
Lunch Hour & Other Plays
(incl Collect Your Hand Baggage, David & Broccoli, & Call me a Liar)
(1960 Methuen)

1961-1970
Two Stars for Comfort
(1962 Methuen) - Play
A Flea in Her Ear
(1967 French) - an adapt of Feydeau
The Judge
(1967 Methuen) - Play
A Choice of Kings
(1969 Hutchinson) - Play
Cat Among the Pigeons
(1970 French) - adapt of Feydeau
Five Plays
(1970 Methuen)

1971-1980
Come as You Are : Four Short Plays
(1971 Methuen)
(incl Mill Hill, Bermondsey, Gloucester Road, & Marble Arch)
The Captain of Kopenick
(1971 Methuen) - adapt of Carl Zuckmayer
A Voyage Round My Father
(1971 Methuen) - Play
Knightsbridge
(1973 French) - Play
Collaborations
(1973 Methuen) - Play
The Lady from Maxim's
(1977 Heinemann) - adaptation from Feydeau
Will Shakespeare : The Untold Story
(1977 H & S) (1978 Delacorte)
Rumpole of the Bailey
(1978 Penguin) (1980 Penguin US) - ss
The Fear of Heaven
(1978 French) - Play
Heaven and Hell
(1978 French) - Play
The Trials of Rumpole
(1979 Penguin) (1981 Penguin US) - ss
Rumpole
(1980 Allen Lane) - ss of the two above

1981-1990
Rumpole's Return
(1981 Penguin) (1982 Penguin US) - ss
Regina v Rumpole
(1981 Allen Lane) - ss
Clinging to the Wreckage
(1982 Weidenfeld) (1982 Ticknor & Fields) - Autobiography
Rumpole and the Golden Thread
(1983 Penguin US) - ss
The First Rumpole Omnibus
(1983 Penguin) - ss
In Character
(1983 Lane) - interviews
Edwin & Other Plays
(1984 Penguin)
Three Boulevard Farces
(1985 Penguin) - Plays
Paradise Postponed
(1985 Viking) (1985 Viking US)
Character Parts
(1986 Viking) - interviews
Rumpole's Last Case
(1987 Penguin) (1988 Penguin US) - ss
The Second Rumpole Omnibus
(1987 Viking) (1988 Penguin US) - ss
Summer's Lease
(1988 Viking) (1988 Viking US)
Rumpole and the Age of Miracles
(1988 Penguin) (1989 Penguin US) - ss
Titmuss Regained
(1990 Viking) (1990 Viking US)
Rumpole A La Carte
(1990 Viking) (1990 Viking US)

After 1991
The Rapstone Chronicles
(1991 Viking)
Dunster
(1992 Viking) (1992 Viking US)
Rumpole on Trial
(1992 Viking) (1992 Viking US) - ss
The Best of Rumpole
(1993 Viking £14.99)
Murderers and Other Friends : Another Part of Life
(1994 Viking £17) - Autobiography
Rumpole and the Angel of Death
(1995 Viking £15)
The Sound of Trumpets
(1998 Viking £16.99)
Rumpole Rests His Case
(2001 Viking £16.99)
Rumpole and the Primrose Path
(2002 Viking)
Where There's a Will
(2003 Viking £17.99)
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders
(2004 Viking £16.99)