Waveney Bicker Caarten

Waveney Hare Bicker-Caarten (1902-1990) was an English playwright writing under the name of Waveney Carten in collaboration with her sister, Audrey Carten.

Waveney Hare Bicker-Caarten and Audrey Carten

Biography

Waveney Hare Bicker-Caarten was born in 1902 into a middle-class family in Blomfield Road, Maida Vale, London, the daughter of Catherine and Edwin Hare Bicker-Caarten.[1][2] Among her siblings: Audrey Carten (1900-1977) and Kenneth Bicker Caarten (1911-1980).[3]

At the end of the 1920s, Waveney and her sister Audrey wrote a number of successful plays[4] such as Happy Families (1929) (cowritten also with Jane Ross, produced by Gerald du Maurier),[5][6] Change of Heart (1929) (produced by Du Maurier),[7] Fame (1929),[8] Q, Late One Evening, Gay Love, Destination Unknown, Strawberry Leaves and two adaptations, Mademoiselle and My Crime.[1] Beginning of the 1930s, Audrey Carten continued to write alone.[9][10][11][12][13][3]

In 1932, Waveney Carten married Vladimir Provatoroff.[2]

References
  1. "Carten, Audrey (b. 1900)." Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. . Encyclopedia.com. 19 Jan. 2018
  2. "TopFoto.co.uk". Europeana Collections. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. "More on the Cartens". Cocktails With Elvira. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. Goodman, Lizbeth; de Gay, Jane (2002). The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 9781134707607. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. "08 Sep 1929, Sun • Page 13". The Observer: 13. 1929. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. "Happy Families - 02 Oct 1929, Wed • Page 4". The Guardian: 4. 1929. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  7. "13 Jan 1929, Sun • Page 13". The Observer: 13. 1929. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  8. Gale, Maggie (2008). West End Women: Women and the London Stage 1918 - 1962. Routledge. p. 211. ISBN 9781134886722. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1931. p. 226. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  10. "12 Dec 1932, Mon • Page 17". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 17. 1932. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  11. "The Shilling Theatre - 05 Jan 1933, Thu • Page 8". The Guardian: 8. 1933. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  12. "05 Dec 1932, Mon • Page 6". Detroit Free Press: 6. 1932. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  13. "08 Dec 1932, Thu • Page 26". Oakland Tribune: 26. 1932. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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