![]() ![]() Mark Valentine is the author of several collections of short fiction and has published biographies of Arthur Machen and Sarban. In the final twenty years of his life, Thorndike wrote no further novels, but continued to act, appearing frequently as Smee in productions of Peter Pan, and made a few film appearances, including minor roles in Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955). Perhaps surprised at the perennial popularity of the first Doctor Syn novel, Thorndike revisited the character several times in the 1930s and 1940s, in addition to publishing a number of other novels, of which The Slype (1927), also available from Valancourt Books, is probably the best. After being severely wounded at Gallipoli, Thorndike was discharged and returned to acting. ![]() Thorndike finished his first novel, Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh, published in 1915, around the same time he enlisted for service in the First World War. Although his sister, Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976), was the better-known actor, Russell Thorndike also acted both on the stage and in a number of films, but his first love was writing books. ![]() Arthur Russell Thorndike was born in Rochester, Kent in 1885. ![]()
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