Elizabeth MacKintosh

An ambitious but intensely private woman, Elizabeth MacKintosh was a successful author in the first half of the twentieth century. She originally found fame as a journalist and short fiction writer under the name "Gordon Daviot." But her first play cemented her reputation as a serious and influential playwright. Richard of Bordeaux (also written under the Daviot moniker) premiered at the West End in 1933 and made its director and star actor John Gielgud widely famous. MacKintosh's play offered a new interpretation of King Richard II, using contemporary language and mannerisms to tell the story of the medieval king.

While none of her other plays achieved the same fame as Richard of Bordeaux, MacKintosh was a successful mystery and adventure writer, using the name Josephine Tey. Her works , whether drama or fiction, have a historical foundation.