Person    | Male  Born 17/3/1904  Died 23/9/1962

Patrick Hamilton

Categories: Literature, Theatre

Novelist and playwright. Born Anthony Walter Patrick Hamilton at Dale House, Hassocks, Sussex. He suffered multiple injuries when hit by a drunken driver in 1932. This may well have had a bearing on the bleak nature of a lot of his work. His best known novels are 'Rope', 'Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky' and 'Hangover Square'. His stage play 'Gaslight' was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock (whence comes the concept of 'gaslighting' someone), as was 'Rope'. Died at his home, 3 Martincross, North Street, Sheringham, Norfolk. The Guardian have a good piece about him.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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