Waveney Bicker Caarten Explained

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

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

In 1932, Waveney Carten married Vladimir Provatoroff.

Notes and References

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