St Trinian's is a British gag cartoon comic strip series, created and drawn by Ronald Searle from 1946 until 1952. [1] . The cartoons all centre on a boarding school for girls, where the teachers are sadists and the girls are juvenile delinquents. The series was Searle's most famous work and inspired a popular series of comedy films.

Jan 1, 1993 · A collection of the best of the drawings from the "St Trinian's" series of books. They are reproduced by Ronald Searle from the original drawings. The first cartoon appeared in 1941 as a private joke for two sisters attending St Trinian's School for Young Ladies in Edinburgh.

He compiled more St Trinian's books, which were based on his sister's school and other girls' schools in Cambridge. He collaborated with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth books ( Down With Skool! , 1953, and How to be Topp , 1954), and with Alex Atkinson on travel books.

One day, as a purely domestic joke, he made a drawing to please the two schoolgirl daughters, Cécilé and Pat, who attended an Academy for Young Ladies in Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh (temporarily evacuated to the west coast). The name of their school was - St Trinnean's.

Feb 24, 2023 · St Trinian's is a British gag cartoon comic strip series created by Ronald Searle from 1946 until 1952, centred on a boarding school for girls, where the teachers are sadists, and the girls are juvenile delinquents. The series inspired a popular series of comedy films.

He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School, a series of cartoons about a fictional boarding school for girls, which was later brought to the silver screen in seven films made between 1954 and 2009.

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St. Trinian's, a boarding school for girls, where the teachers are sadists and the girls are juvenile delinquents, was so popular that several film adaptations were made. The Belles of St. Trinian's Chapter in DBE in PA honors Ronald Searle's work and the landmark 1954 film.

He is best remembered for his gag comic series "St. Trinian's" which he wrote from 1946-1952. St. Trinian's, a boarding school for girls, where the teachers are sadists and the girls are juvenile delinquents, was so popular that several film adaptations were made.

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