Biographie
J.B. Priestley
- Date de naissance
- Date de décès14 août 1984 · Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni (non divulguée)
- Nom de naissanceJohn Boynton Priestley
- Surnoms
- JB Priestley
- John Boynton "Jack" Priestley
- JB "Jack" Priestley
- Jack Priestley
- J.B. Priestley est né le 13 septembre 1894 à West Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni. Il était scénariste et acteur. Il est connu pour Vacances sur ordonnance (2006), Une soirée étrange (1932) et Vacances sur ordonnance (1950). Il était marié à Jacquetta Hawkes, Jane Wyndham-Lewis et Pat Tempest. Il est mort le 14 août 1984 à Warwickshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni.
- ConjointsJacquetta Hawkes(1953 - 14 août 1984) (son décès)Jane Wyndham-Lewis(1926 - 1953) (divorcé, 3 enfants)Pat Tempest(1921 - 1925) (son décès, 2 enfants)
- Pipe
- His play, An Inspector Calls, was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1993 (1992 season) for Best Revival at the Royal National Theatre.
- He was awarded the O.M. (Order of Merit) but allegedly declined another British honor for his services to literature.
- Father of British film and sound editor Tom Priestley.
- His play, "An Inspector Calls," in the Royal National Theatre production at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Production.
- A loving wife will do anything for her husband except stop criticizing and trying to improve him.
- Marriage is like a visit in your worst clothes.
- The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
- We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison.
- I don't think that I'm in any way possessed of genius. But I've got a hell of a lot of talent.
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