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Ruth Spalding

ルース・スパルディング

Rūsu Suparuding

Pen Names: Marion JayUsed for the documentary play With This Sword

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1913-11-30
Died
2009-02-26 age 95
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Norwich → London → Oxford

Career

Occupations
actor, director, author, educator
Active Years
1930-2009
Affiliations
Maddermarket Theatre, Oxford Pilgrim Players, Rock Theatre Company, Association of Headmistresses
Influenced By
Christopher Hill

Awards

Whitbread Prize
1975
Work: The Improbable Puritan: A Life of Bulstrode Whitelocke
Category: 伝記部門
Organization: Whitbread
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Improbable Puritan: A Life of Bulstrode Whitelocke

1975 Biography

Biography of the 17th-century parliamentarian and lawyer Bulstrode Whitelocke.

PuritanismHistory

Contemporaries of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 1605–1675: Biographies

1990 Biographies

Contains some thousand short biographies of Whitelocke's relations, friends and contacts.

17th-century EnglandBiographies

The Diary Of Bulstrode Whitelocke 1605-1675

1990 Diary

Edited edition of Whitelocke's massive diary from 1605 to 1675.

Historical documentsEditing

Bibliography

  • Contemporaries of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 1605–1675: Biographies (1990)
  • The Improbable Puritan: A Life of Bulstrode Whitelocke (1975)
  • The Diary Of Bulstrode Whitelocke 1605 1675 (1990)

Legacy

Actor, director, and author with a multifaceted career, winner of the Whitbread Prize. Regarded as a model of 20th-century women's career opportunities.