Rosemary Anne Sisson is a British television dramatist and novelist. She is the daughter of the scholar of Elizabethan drama Charles Jasper (C.J.) Sisson (1885–1966).

A graduate of University College London

University College London

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 (BA) and Newnham College, Cambridge

Newnham College, Cambridge

Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1871 by Henry Sidgwick, and was the second Cambridge college to admit women after Girton College...

 (M.Litt), Sisson initially embarked on an academic career. As a writer for television she contributed scripts to Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs is a British drama television series originally produced by London Weekend Television and revived by the BBC. It ran on ITV in 68 episodes divided into five series from 1971 to 1975, and a sixth series shown on the BBC on three consecutive nights, 26–28 December 2010.Set in a...

, Follyfoot

Follyfoot

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, The Irish R.M.

The Irish R.M.

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and the episode of The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII is a series of six television plays produced by the BBC and first transmitted between 1 January and 5 February 1970....

concerning the King's marriage to Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon , also known as Katherine or Katharine, was Queen consort of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII of England and Princess of Wales as the wife to Arthur, Prince of Wales...

. She also contributed to The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows (TV series)

The Wind in the Willows is a 52-episode TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1987, based on characters from Kenneth Grahame's classic story The Wind in the Willows and following the 1983 film The Wind in the Willows. It was made by animation company Cosgrove Hall for Thames...

(1984) animated TV series and co-created The Bretts (1987–88). Sisson has written historical fiction and plays.

A previously thought lost Theatre 625

Theatre 625

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production from 1966 of Sisson's stage play The Queen and the Welshman (1958), concerning the affair of Henry V

Henry V of England

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's widow Catherine

Catherine of Valois

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 with Sir Owen Tudor

Owen Tudor

Sir Owen Meredith Tudor was a Welsh soldier and courtier, descended from a daughter of the Welsh prince Rhys ap Gruffudd, "Lord Rhys". However, Owen Tudor is particularly remembered for his role in founding England's Tudor dynasty – including his relationship with, and probable secret marriage to,...

, was found in 2010 to have been deposited with the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

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External links

• Rosemary Anne Sission at Doollee.com (playwrights database)