# Winifred Carter > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Winifred_Carter > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Winifred_Carter.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifred_Carter > Source revision: 1347586681 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English author and playwright}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use British English|date=December 2015}} :''not to be confused with [Winifred S Carter](/source/Winifred_S_Carter), an American celebrity chef and cookery author also active from the 1920s–40s''. {{more citations needed|date=August 2017}} '''Winifred Carter''' (c. 1883–1949) was an English author and playwright, who was particularly active from the 1920s–40s. ==Life== Carter was the mother of the mystery and detective novel author [Emery Bonett](/source/Emery_Bonett) and the wife1911 Sheffield census of novelist [John L. Carter](/source/Edith_Carter) and actress and playwright [Edith Carter](/source/Edith_Carter_(playwright)). Winifred Carter's most successful work was probably her 1945 novel ''Princess Fitz'', which was made into a 1947 film ''Mrs. Fitzherbert''.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vZkAAAAMAAJ&q=Princess+Fitz+winifred+carter|title=The Allied Artists Checklist: The Feature Films and Short Subjects of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1947-1978|last=Martin|first=Len D.|date=1993|publisher=McFarland & Company|page=98|isbn=978-0-89950-782-8|language=en}} It is a romance set in 1783, which chronicles the convoluted, yet ultimately doomed, relationship between a prince regent and a Catholic widow ([Mrs Fitzherbert](/source/Mrs_Fitzherbert)). ==Bibliography of novels and short stories (with first UK/US publishing dates)== *''Ashes of Eden'' 1915/— *''Lass o’ Laughter... The Novel of the Play by '''Edith Carter''' and [Nan Marriott-Watson](/source/Nan_Marriott-Watson)'' 1922/1922 *''Sylvia Revolts'' 1922/— *''Miss Mischief'' (Ivy Stories no. 7) 1922/— (short story) *''Ashes of Eden'' 1922/— *''Celia Bound'' 1923/— *''A Lovable Imp'' (Ivy Stories no. 78) 1925/— (short story) *''Marriage by Mistake'' 1925/— *''The Strange Case of Lorna Tallis'' 1925/— (novella) *''Rosemary the Rebel'' (Ivy Stories no. 92) 1926/— (short story) *''Jealous Gwen'' (Ivy Stories no. 110) 1927/— (short story) *''Rose-the Dancer'' 1928/1929 *''The Dead Return'' 1929/— *''Elizabeth Plays With Fire'' 1929/— *''The Pretty Governess'' (Red Letter Novels no. 229) 1929/— (novella) *''A Lost Paradise'' (Red Letter Novels no. 233) 1929/— (novella) *''Just a Butterfly'' (Ivy Stories no. 169) 1929/— (short story) *''A Rejected Girl'' (Red Letter Novels no. 244) 1930/— (novella) *''The Marriage Bargain!'' 1930/— (short story) *''Whose Sin?'' 1930/— (short story) *''His Difficult Daughter'' 1930/— *''The Money Maid'' 1931/— *''Why Didn’t She Tell Him?'' 1931/— (short story) *''The Dashing Rebel'' (Ivy Stories no. 239) 1932/— (short story) *''My Year of Love'' (Red Letter Novels no. 301) 1932/— (novella) *''Sometime-Never'' (Ivy Stories no. 252) 1932/— (short story) *''Out of the Shadows'' 1933/— (novella) *''She Thought Herself Loved'' (Red Letter Novels no. 318) 1933/— (novella) *''Rich Girl Rival'' 1936/— (novella) *''Golden Bait'' 1937/— (novella) *''Probationer Pat'' 1937/— *''Judy-Be Careful!'' 1939/— (novella) *''The Love Call'' 1939/— (possibly originally published 1930) *''The Wrong Prince Charming'' 1939/— *''This Love Business'' 1941/— *''Sarah. A Novel'' 1943/— *''[Princess Fitz](/source/Princess_Fitz)'' (US title: ''Princess Fury'') 1945/— *''In Scarlet Dress'' 1946/— *''Tudor Triangle'' 1947/— *''Enchanted Cup'' 1948/— *''Dr. Johnson’s Dear Mistress'' 1949/1950 *''Troubadour of Love'' 1950/— *''Son of Arlotte'' 1951/— ==Plays== *''A Man’s Enemies'' – [Richmond Theatre](/source/Richmond_Theatre_(London)), [London](/source/London) *''High Fever'' – [Arts Theatre](/source/Arts_Theatre), London and [repertory](/source/repertory) *''Sarah-Duchess of Marlborough'' – [Adelphi Theatre](/source/Adelphi_Theatre), London 1932 *''Marriage Harvest'' – [Q Theatre](/source/Q_Theatre), London 1932 *''Moloch. A play in Three Acts'' aka ''Escape From Glory'' (US title: ''Every Mother’s Son'') – [Players'](/source/Players'_Theatre) and [Strand](/source/Novello_Theatre) Theatres, London and Bard Theater, US; published 1935/— *''The Two Mrs. Camerons. A Play in Three Acts'' (cowritten with '''Edith Carter''') – Q Theatre, London and Townley Street Sunday School by the [http://www.madstheatre.org.uk/ourHistory.asp CS Players] January 1945; published 1936/1937 *''Wanted-a Wife. A Play in Three Acts'' (cowritten with '''Edith Carter''') – Q Theatre, London and repertory; published 1936/1937 (possibly originally published 1922 or 1926) *''The Work-a-Day World. A Comedy in One Act for Eleven Women'' – published 1936 *''Doctor Johnson’s Mrs. Thrale'' – Adelphi, Strand, [Little](/source/Haymarket_Theatre) and [Kingsway](/source/Novelty_Theatre) Theatres, London; published 1938/— (possibly originally published 1936) *''[The Queen Who Kept Her Head](/source/The_Queen_Who_Kept_Her_Head)'' aka ''The Intriguing Queen'' – Kingsway and Adelphi Theatres, London and repertory; published 1934/— ==Film== *''[Princess Fitz](/source/Mrs._Fitzherbert_(film))'' (US title: ''Mrs. Fitzherbert'') UK 1947/1950 – based on eponymous novel ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Winifred}} Category:1949 deaths Category:20th-century English novelists Category:English dramatists and playwrights Category:Year of birth uncertain {{England-writer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Winifred Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifred_Carter) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifred_Carter?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.