Biography

Co-founder of the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre.

One of the instigators of the Edinburgh Festival.

James Bridie wrote mainly comedies, but comedies that dealt with oftentimes fearsome themes. His play "The Sunlight Sonata", for example was subtitled The Seven deadly sins, and the plays that followed it focused on such harsh realities as death, damnation, disease, and drunkenness

James Bridie's famous biblical plays are Tobias and the angel, Susanna and the Elders, and Jonah and the Whale. James Bridie is also famous for his play "Dr. Angelus."

James Bridie worked with famous Director Alfred Hitchcock in 3 films - The Paradine Case, Under Capricorn, and Stage Fright.

Father: Henry Alexander Mavor; Mother: Janet Osborne.

Many of his plays were written specifically for his close friend Alastair Sim, who became the most renowned interpreter of his work.