from Dulwich. It was nominated by Kazuo Ishiguro as a book to 'inspire, uplift and offer escape' in a list compiled by The Guardian during the COVID-19 pandemic, describing it as "just about the most uplifting, life-affirming novel I can think of right now". His 1936 novel Green Gates is a realistic novel about a middle-aged couple, Tom and Edith Baldwin, moving from an established London suburb into the then-new suburbs of Metro-land. Award nominations Sherriff was nominated along with Eric Maschwitz and Claudine West for an Academy award for writing an adapted screenplay for Goodbye, Mr. Chips which was released in 1939. His 1955 screenplays, The Dam Busters and The Night My Number Came Up were nominated for best British screenplay BAFTA awards. Work Plays 1921: A Hitch in the Proceedings 1922: The Woods of Meadowside 1923: Profit and Loss 1924: Cornlow-in-the-Downs 1925: The Feudal System 1926: Mr. Bridie's Finger 1928: Journey's End - the 2007 Broadway revival won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play 1930: Badger's Green 1933: Windfall 1934: Two Hearts Doubled 1936: St Helena 1948: Miss Mabel 1950: Home at Seven 1953: The White Carnation 1955: The Long Sunset 1957: The Telescope 1960: A Shred of Evidence (or The Strip of Steel) Film scripts 1919: The Toilers 1933: The Invisible Man 1934: One More River 1937: The Road Back 1939: Goodbye, Mr. Chips - which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay along with his co-writers Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz. 1939: The Four Feathers 1941: That Hamilton Woman 1942: This Above All 1945: Odd Man Out 1948: Quartet 1950: Trio (film) 1950: No Highway 1955: The Dam Busters - which was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. 1955: The Night My Number Came Up - which was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay (NB: both films were nominated for the 1955 BAFTA awards). 1955: Cards with Uncle Tom (TV) 1963: The Ogburn Story (TV) Books (Reprinted in 2006 by Persephone Books) (Reprinted in 2015 by Persephone Books) (Revised and reissued as a Pan Paperback in 1958 under the title The Cataclysm; Reprinted in 2005 by Persephone Books under its original title.) Notes and references Notes References Further reading External links Sherriff's literary agents The Man from Esher and his Theatre of War 1896