Sally Beauman
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Sally Beauman is a British
author best known for her Rebecca
sequel, Rebecca's Tale
.
She was educated at Redland High School and Girton College, Cambridge
.
She is the wife of actor Alan Howard
, whom she met in 1970 while interviewing him for The Telegraph Magazine http://www.alanhoward.org.uk/fancy.htm. After a long partnership they married in 2004. They have one son named James and a grandchild.
Magazine.
In an interview for the Sunday Times Magazine (published 11 November, 1990), she admitted having written nine pseudonymous Mills & Boon
romances before publishing her block-buster novel Destiny in 1987.
Beauman's first work of non-fiction was Henry V (Pergamon Press, 1976), a study of the Royal Shakespeare Company
's 1975 Centenary production. In 1982, to coincide with the opening of the Barbican Theatre in London, the Oxford University Press
published her study of The Royal Shakespeare Company: A History of Ten Decades (ISBN 0192122096), chronicling the turbulent history of what was to become the RSC from its first founding as a worthy provincial company at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon in 1879.
United Kingdom
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author best known for her Rebecca
Rebecca (novel)
Rebecca is a novel by Daphne du Maurier. When Rebecca was published in 1938, du Maurier became – to her great surprise – one of the most popular authors of the day. Rebecca is considered to be one of her best works...
sequel, Rebecca's Tale
Rebecca's Tale
Rebecca's Tale is a 2001 novel by British author Sally Beauman. The book is a sequel to the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca and is officially approved by the Du Maurier estate...
.
She was educated at Redland High School and Girton College, Cambridge
Girton College, Cambridge
Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the...
.
She is the wife of actor Alan Howard
Alan Howard
Alan MacKenzie Howard, CBE, is an English actor known for his roles on stage, television and film.He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1966 to 1983, and played leading roles at the Royal National Theatre between 1992 and 2000.-Personal life:Howard is the only son of the actor...
, whom she met in 1970 while interviewing him for The Telegraph Magazine http://www.alanhoward.org.uk/fancy.htm. After a long partnership they married in 2004. They have one son named James and a grandchild.
Career
She worked for two years as a critic and contributing editor for New York magazine. In 1970 she was the first recipient of the Catherine Pakenham Award for her journalism, and at the age of 24 edited Queen Magazine, also becoming Arts Editor of the Sunday TelegraphSunday Telegraph
The Sunday Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961. It is the sister paper of The Daily Telegraph, but is run separately with a different editorial staff, although there is some cross-usage of stories...
Magazine.
In an interview for the Sunday Times Magazine (published 11 November, 1990), she admitted having written nine pseudonymous Mills & Boon
Mills & Boon
Mills & Boon is a British publisher of romance novels. It was founded in 1908, and was independent until its purchase in 1971 by Harlequin Enterprises with whom the company had had a long informal partnership...
romances before publishing her block-buster novel Destiny in 1987.
Beauman's first work of non-fiction was Henry V (Pergamon Press, 1976), a study of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
's 1975 Centenary production. In 1982, to coincide with the opening of the Barbican Theatre in London, the Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
published her study of The Royal Shakespeare Company: A History of Ten Decades (ISBN 0192122096), chronicling the turbulent history of what was to become the RSC from its first founding as a worthy provincial company at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon in 1879.
Novels
- Destiny (1987)
- Dark Angel (1990)
- Secret Lives (1994)
- Lovers and Liars (1994)
- Danger Zones (1996)
- Sextet (1997)
- Deception & Desire (1998)
- Rebecca's TaleRebecca's TaleRebecca's Tale is a 2001 novel by British author Sally Beauman. The book is a sequel to the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca and is officially approved by the Du Maurier estate...
(2001) - The Landscape of LoveThe Landscape of LoveThe Landscape of Love is the most recent novel published, since the critically acclaimed Rebecca's Tale, by British author Sally Beauman...
(published in the USA as The Sisters Mortland) (2005)
External links
- Biography
- Sally Beauman's top 10 novels with a powerful sense of place, The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...