Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Daphne du Maurier across 4 places, from 1936 to 1989.
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Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1936year
Alexandriaattested“One source claims that du Maurier was a reader for Davies in 1936, but she was already a successful author by then, and spent most of 1936 in Alexandria with her family.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
1938year
United Statesattested“In the United States, du Maurier won the National Book Award for favourite novel of 1938, voted by members of the American Booksellers Association.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
1965year
Par, Cornwallattested“Her husband died in 1965 and soon afterward Daphne moved to Kilmarth, near Par, Cornwall, which became the setting for The House on the Strand, and where she became an early member of Mebyon Kernow, a Cornish nationalist party.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
1965year
Kilmarthattested“Her husband died in 1965 and soon afterward Daphne moved to Kilmarth, near Par, Cornwall, which became the setting for The House on the Strand, and where she became an early member of Mebyon Kernow, a Cornish nationalist party.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
19 April 1989exact date
Par, Cornwallattested“Du Maurier died from heart failure in her sleep on 19 April 1989, aged 81, at her home in Par, Cornwall, which had been the setting for many of her books.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
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1934year
Brazilmentioned“Shortly after Rebecca was published in Brazil, critic Álvaro Lins pointed out many resemblances to the 1934 book, A Sucessora (The Successor), by Brazilian writer Carolina Nabuco.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
5 March 1940exact date
Sondheim Theatrementioned“Her first was an adaptation of her novel Rebecca, which opened at the Queen's Theatre in London on 5 March 1940 in a production by George Devine, starring Celia Johnson and Owen Nares as the De Winters and Margaret Rutherford as Mrs Danv…”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
10 January 1945exact date
Manchester Opera Housementioned“It was first staged at the Manchester Opera House in 1944 and then transferred to London, opening at Wyndham's Theatre on 10 January 1945, starring Nora Swinburne and Clive Brook.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
10 January 1945exact date
Wyndham's Theatrementioned“It was first staged at the Manchester Opera House in 1944 and then transferred to London, opening at Wyndham's Theatre on 10 January 1945, starring Nora Swinburne and Clive Brook.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
1948 to 1949period
Londonmentioned“Aldrich said that Lawrence had toured Britain in the play in 1948 and continued with it in London's West End theatre district through 1949, and that later du Maurier visited them at their home in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
1948 to 1949period
United Statesmentioned“Aldrich said that Lawrence had toured Britain in the play in 1948 and continued with it in London's West End theatre district through 1949, and that later du Maurier visited them at their home in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
15 December 1948exact date
Aldwych Theatrementioned“Again directed by Irene Hentschel, it opened at the Aldwych Theatre on 15 December 1948 with Gertrude Lawrence as Stella.”source: Wikipedia: Daphne du Maurier
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