‘Little Dodie Smith’ – one of the most successful female writers of her time
I Capture the Castle at Watford Palace Theatre (2017) and 101 Dalmatians at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (2022) are both based on Dodie Smith's work; rehearsals for Dear Octopus at the National Theatre, London. Photos: Richard Lakos/Mark Senior/Marc Brenner
Best known for novels The Hundred and One Dalmatians and I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith was also one of interwar Britain’s most successful dramatists. Julia Rank looks back at her career, ahead of the NT’s revival of Smith’s 1938 play Dear Octopus
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