John Mortimer

Sir John Mortimer
CBE QC
Biografske informacije
RođenjeJohn Clifford Mortimer
(1923-04-21)21. 4. 1923.
Hampstead, London, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Smrt16. 1. 2009. (dob: 85)
Turville Heath, Buckinghamshire, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
SupružnikPenelope Mortimer (1949-1971, razvod)
Penelope Gollop (1972-2009, njegova smrt)
DjecaSally Silverman, Jeremy Mortimer (sa Mortimer)
Emily Mortimer, Rosie Mortimer (sa Gollop)
Ross Bentley (sa glumicom Wendy Craig)
četiri pokćerke
Obrazovanje
ŠkolovanjeDragon School
Harrow School
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford
Zanimanjebarrister, dramatičar, scenarist, pisac
Opus
Književne vrsteroman, drama, filmski scenario
Jezikengleski
Znamenita djela
A Voyage Round My Father
Rumpole of the Bailey
The Summer of a Dormouse: A Year of Growing Old Disgracefully
Nagrade
Queen's Counsel (1966)
CBE (1986)
Knighthood (1998)

Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC (21. april 1923 – 16. januar 2009) je bio engleski pravnik i književnik. Odrastao je u porodici uglednog advokata (barrister) Clifforda Mortimera koji je karijeru nastavio usprkos vlastitog osljepljivanja, i koji je svog sina potakao kako da i sam krene njegovim stopama, tako i da paralelno pokuša ostvariti vlastite spisateljske ambicije. Mortimer se u britanskim sudnicama istakao krajem 1960-ih i 1970-ih kao zastupnik obrane u nizu krivičnih postupaka zbog opscenosti, gdje su njegovi klijenti bili istaknuti umjetnici i izdavači, a koji su u značajnoj mjeri pridonijeli uspostavljanju novih standarda slobode izražavanja i cenzure u Britaniji. Široj je javnosti, međutim, dalekoj poznatiji kao autor brojnih romana, dramskih djela, filmskih i televizijskih scenarija, dio kojih je bio inspiriran i njegovim profesionalnim iskustvima. Među njima se najviše ističe Rumpole of the Bailey, TV-serija o ostarjelom londonskom barristeru koja se emitirala od 1975. do 1992. godine, a u kojoj je naslovnu ulogu tumačio Leo McKern.

Mortimerova rana djela su, između ostalog, bila ekranizirana i u bivšoj Jugoslaviji kada je 1960. tadašnja Radiotelevizija Zagreb emitirala TV-dramu Branilac po službenoj dužnosti.

Mortimer se ženio dva puta i imao petoro djece (računajući vanbračnog sina), među kojima je najpoznatija glumica Emily Mortimer.

Bibliografija

  • Charade, Mortimerov prvi roman, Bodley Head, London (1947); Viking, New York (1986) ISBN 0-670-81186-6
  • Like Men Betrayed, Collins, London (1953); Viking, New York (1988) ISBN 067081174 Uneseni ISBN nije važeći.
  • The Narrowing Stream, Collins, London (1954); Viking, New York (1989) ISBN 0-670-81930-1
  • Heaven and Hell (including The Fear of Heaven and The Prince of Darkness) (1976)
  • Will Shakespeare (1977)
  • Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) ISBN 0-14-004670-4
  • The Trials of Rumpole (1979)
  • Rumpole (1980)
  • Regina v Rumpole (1981)
  • Rumpole for the Defence (1982)
  • Rumpole's Return (1982)
  • Clinging To The Wreckage: A Part Of Life, (autobiografija) Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London (1982) ISBN 0-297-78010-7; Houghton Mifflin, New York (1982) ISBN 0-89919-133-9
  • The First Rumpole Omnibus (omnibus) (1983)
  • Rumpole And the Golden Thread (1983)
  • Edwin and Other Plays (1984)
  • In Character (1984) ISBN 0-14-006389-7
  • Paradise Postponed (1985) ISBN 0-670-80094-5
  • Character Parts (1986) ISBN 0-14-008959-4 / 0-14-008959-4
  • Rumpole for the Prosecution (1986)
  • Rumpole's Last Case (1987)
  • The Second Rumpole Omnibus (omnibus) (1987)
  • Rumpole And the Age of Miracles (1988)
  • Summer's Lease (1988) ISBN 0-14-010573-5
  • Rumpole And the Age for Retirement (1989)
  • Rumpole a La Carte (1990)
  • Titmuss Regained (1990)
  • Great Law And Order Stories (1990)
  • The Rapstone Chronicles (omnibus) (1991)
  • Rumpole On Trial (1992)
  • Dunster (1992) ISBN 0-670-84060-2
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill: Father Brown, Father Dowling And Other Ecclesiastical Sleuths (1992) (ko-autori: G K Chesterton, Ralph McInerny)
  • The Oxford Book of Villains (1992)
  • The Best of Rumpole: A Personal Choice (1993)
  • Under the Hammer (1994)
  • Murderers and Other Friends: Another Part of Life (autobiography), Viking, London (1994); Viking, NY (1995) ISBN 0-670-84902-2
  • Rumpole And the Angel of Death (1995)
  • Rumpole And the Younger Generation (1995)
  • Felix in the Underworld (1996)
  • The Third Rumpole Omnibus (omnibus) (1997)
  • The Sound of Trumpets (1998)
  • The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998)
  • The Summer of a Dormouse: A Year of Growing Old Disgracefully (autobiografija), Viking Penguin, London (2000) ISBN 0-670-89106-1; Viking Press, New York (2001) ISBN 0-670-89986-0
  • Rumpole Rests His Case (2001)
  • Rumpole and the Primrose Path (2002)
  • The Brancusi Trial (2003)
  • Where There's a Will (autobiografija), Viking, London (2003) ISBN 0-670-91365-0; Viking, New York (2005) ISBN 0-670-03409-6
  • Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (2004)
  • Quite Honestly (2005) ISBN 0-670-03483-5
  • The Scales of Justice (2005)
  • Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (2006)
  • The Antisocial Behaviour of Horace Rumpole (2007)

Izabrani scenariji

  • The Innocents (dodatni dijalog, 1961)
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
  • A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
  • John and Mary (1969)
  • Maschenka (1987) (adptacija romana Vladimira Nabokova, rež. John Goldschmidt)
  • Tea With Mussolini (1999)

Vanjske veze

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Djela čiji je autor John Mortimer
romani
  • Rumpole's Return (1980)
  • Paradise Postponed (1985)
  • Summer's Lease
  • Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders (2004)
zbirke
priča
  • Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)
  • The Trials of Rumpole (1979)
  • Rumpole (1980)
  • Regina v Rumpole (1981)
  • Rumpole And the Golden Thread (1983)
  • Rumpole's Last Case (1987)
  • Rumpole And the Age of Miracles (1988)
  • Rumpole a La Carte (1990)
  • Rumpole On Trial (1992)
  • Rumpole And the Angel of Death (1995)
  • Rumpole Rests His Case (2002)
  • Rumpole and the Primrose Path (2003)
drame
  • The Dock Brief (1958)
  • A Voyage Round My Father (1971)
filmovi
  • Ferry to Hong Kong (1960)
  • The Innocents (1961)
  • The Dock Brief (1962)
  • Guns of Darkness (1962)
  • Lunch Hour (1962)
  • The Running Man (1963)
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
  • A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
  • John and Mary (1969)
  • Maschenka (1987)
  • Tea With Mussolini (1999)
TV
  • Branilac po službenoj dužnosti (TV drama) (1960)
  • Shades of Greene (TV-serija) (1975–76)
  • Rumpole of the Bailey (TV-serija) (1975, 1978–92)
  • Will Shakespeare (1978)
  • Rumpole's Return (1980)
  • The Ebony Tower (1984)
  • Die Fledermaus (1990)
  • Don Quixote (2000)
radio-drame
  • The Dock Brief (1957)
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