For over thirty years Robin Maugham was one of Britain's most popular writers. He was the author of over 30 books, which included travel, autobiography, short stories and novels as he regularly wrote for stage, screen and television. His most famous book, The Servant, was memorably filmed by Joseph Losey in 1963 and starred Dirk Bogarde and James ...
I never liked Harold Pinter's screenplay of my novel The Servant. The orgy scene at the end of the film was a cock-up. It was obvious to anyone that neither Pinter or director Joe Losey had ever been to one.
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"I'm convinced that it's just luck that plays the most important part in any writer's career. A writer might think that his success is entirely due to his talent and technique and hard work but it is usually a stroke of luck that made him a celebrity." (Interviewed in The Guardian newspaper 1968)
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He was once engaged to Mary Churchill, the daughter of Sir Winston Churchill.
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Brother of the novelist and playwright Diana Marr-Johnson (1908- ) who has written several television plays including Boy Meets Girl.
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