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Anthony Hope

Anthony Hope

Writer

Born February 9, 1863 in London, England, UK

Died July 8, 1933

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British novelist/playwright Anthony Hope was born Anthony Hope Hawkins in London. His father was the headmaster of the St. Johns Foundation School for the Sons of Poor Clergy. He was educated at Marlborough School and Baliol College, Oxford, obtaining an M.A. with honors in 1885. He studied to become a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar in 1887. He set up his own practice, but clients were few and far between, and he spent the periods in between cases by writing novels. When he couldn't find a publisher for his first novel, he published it himself. It became a hit, coincidentally at the same time his law practice began to take off. When it got to the point where he had to choose between his law practice and writing, he chose writing.

He published two successful novels in 1894--"The Dolly Dialogues", which was fairly successful but is little remembered today, and the now-classic "The Prisoner of Zenda". "Zenda" is generally credited as the first--and the best--of what came to be known as "Ruritanian" novels, stories set in a small fictional European principality involving intrigue, double-crossing, power grabs and forbidden romance at the royal court (Richard Harding Davis, among others, took up that particular genre with his "Graustark" series), and "Zenda" has been made into film and television productions at least ten times. In 1898 Hope wrote a sequel of sorts, "Rupert of Hentzau", using the villainous character of "Zenda".

He first toured the US in 1897, and made several subsequent trips there. On one of them he met an American woman named Elizabeth Somerville Sheldon, and they married in 1903. The marriage produced two sons and a daughter. Hope was knighted in 1918 and bought a country estate at Tadworth in Surrey, where he spent the rest of his life. He wrote more books and several plays. He died in 1933 at age 70.

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The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. TV Movie1996

Prisoner of Zenda Poster

Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1988

The Prisoner of Zenda Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda Mini-Series1984

The Prisoner of Zenda Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1979

Dolly TV Series1973

The Liar Poster

The Liar Feature Film1965

Rupert of Hentzau TV Series1964

Jhinder Bandi Poster

Jhinder Bandi Feature Film1961

Rupert of Hentzau TV Movie1957

The DuPont Show of the Month Poster

The DuPont Show of the Month TV Series1957

The Prisoner of Zenda Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1952

The Prisoner of Zenda Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1937

Rupert of Hentzau Poster

Rupert of Hentzau Feature Film1923

The Prisoner of Zenda Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1922

Phroso Feature Film1921

Sophy of Kravonia; or, the Virgin of Paris Poster

Sophy of Kravonia; or, the Virgin of Paris Feature Film1920

An Adventure in Hearts Poster

An Adventure in Hearts Feature Film1919

Sofia di Kravonia Feature Film1916

Rupert of Hentzau Poster

Rupert of Hentzau Feature Film1915

The Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1915

The Prisoner of Zenda Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1913

English Nell Short Film1900

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