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The Open Doors is a short British film based on a short story "The Open Window" by Saki (H. H. Munro). Plot [ edit ] Framton Nuttel ( Sheen ) enters the house of Mrs Sappleton ( Lunghi ).
Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered by English teachers and scholars a master of the short story and is often compared ...
Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and first published in 1914. The title parodies that of George Bernard Shaw 's Man and Superman . Along with The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-Beasts is one of Saki's best-known works. [citation needed]
The Open Window. The Open Window, also known as Open Window, Collioure, is a painting by Henri Matisse. The work, an oil on canvas, was painted in 1905 and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in Paris the same year. It was bequeathed in 1998 by the estate of Mrs. John Hay Whitney to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Open Window may refer to: Open Window (album), a 2004 album by Robert Rich. Open Window (film), a 2006 American film written and directed by Mia Goldman. The Open Window (Matisse), a 1905 painting by Henri Matisse. The Open Window (Bonnard), a 1921 painting Pierre Bonnard. "The Open Window", a story by Saki. The Open Window, a 1954 stage drama ...
When William Came. When William Came: A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns is a novel written by the British author Saki (the pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and published in November 1913. [2] It is set several years in what was then the future, after a war between Germany and Great Britain in which the former won.
The Chronicles of Clovis (1911) by Saki, the pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro, is the author's third volume of short stories, 28 in number, the majority of which had earlier appeared in various newspapers and magazines. Witty, socially satirical, and sometimes chilling, they narrate the exploits of Clovis Sangrail, Bertie van Tahn and other ...
The Watched Pot (alternative title The Mistress of Briony) is a romantic comedy play by Saki and Charles Maude published in 1924. The play, all three acts of which are set in the fictional English country house of Briony Manor, revolves around the search for a suitable bride for young Trevor Bavvel, who is the sole heir to the estate. The ...