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Frederick Major Paull Knott (28 August 1916 – 17 December 2002) was an English playwright and screenwriter known for complex crime-related plots.
Jan 16, 2003 · Frederick Knott, who has died aged 86, lived the commercial playwright's dream by writing three hugely successful plays, two of which were turned into hugely successful...
Dec 20, 2002 · Frederick Knott, a notoriously unprolific playwright who scored big when he did write -- with his 1952 Broadway hit ''Dial M for Murder'' and later with the 1966 thriller ''Wait Until Dark'' --...
Dec 22, 2002 · Frederick Knott, a playwright whose short but admirable string of credits included two long-running Broadway shows -- “Dial M for Murder” in 1952 and “Wait Until Dark” in 1966 -- died of...
Dec 17, 2002 · Frederick Major Paull Knott (28 August 1916 — 17 December 2002) was an English playwright, best known for writing the London-based stage thriller Dial M for Murder, which was later filmed in Hollywood by Alfred Hitchcock. Knott was born in Hankow, China, to English missionaries.
Dec 20, 2002 · Frederick Knott, one of the most-produced playwrights of the last 50 years for having penned two major thrillers, Dial M for Murder and Wait Until Dark, died Dec. 17 at his Manhattan home,...
The collection consists of material created and accumulated by Frederick Knott in the course of his activities as a playwright and screenwriter. Material includes drafts of scripts, production photographs, printed ephemera and audiovisual recordings.
