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Read reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Dr. Knox is a brilliant anatomist and he needs dead bodies to work on, whatever the law says. …
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The Anatomist. 1980. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama. Dr. Knox is a brilliant anatomist and he needs dead bodies to work on, whatever the law says. Burke and Hare can provide them. Director. Julian Amyes. Writers. James Bridie. Ronald Mavor. Stars. Patrick Stewart. Lorna Heilbron. Elizabeth Millbank. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist.
- Julian Amyes
- 1980-09
- Drama
- James Bridie, Ronald Mavor
He came to prominence with his comic play The Anatomist (1931), about the grave robbers Burke and Hare. This and other comedic plays saw success in London, and he became a full-time writer in 1938. He returned to the army during World War II , again serving as a physician.
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The Anatomist by James Bridie, a 1980 film treatment directed by Julian Amyes. Literature. The Anatomist (novel), a 1996 novel by Federico Andahazi. The Anatomist (2008 book), by Bill Hayes, about Gray's Anatomy. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Anatomist.
Dr. Knox, the anatomist of the title, buys the corpses of murdered men for the purposes of medical research. The public discovery of this practice leads to scandal, which Knox confronts defiantly.
Quick Reference. (pseudonym of Osborne Henry Mavor) (1888–1951), playwright, established his reputation with The Anatomist (1930), a comedy on the grave‐robbers Burke and Hare. His plays fall roughly into four groups: those on biblical themes, such as Tobias and the Angel (1930), Jonah and the Whale (1932), and Susannah and the Elders (1937 ...
