Her best-known work today is Marassa and Midnight, a young-adult novel that tells the story of twin boys from Haiti separated during the French Revolution.
[1] Stuart is listed as a writer for 72 plays, screenplay adaptations, and lectures on literature, that aired on either television or radio for the BBC from March 1937 through May 1967.
[3] The topics of these programs included literary interpretations of historical figures (Thomas Paycocke, St. Francis of Assisi), adaptations of novels (Cry, the Beloved Country, Moonfleet), and lectures on the Pickwick Papers and the Bayeux Tapestry.
[5][6] In a modern critique of reviews of the time, Maggie Gale states that it was criticized for taking "liberties with the facts" while simultaneously being lauded for its "theatrical value".
[8] Stuart's other works include the books Till She Stoop (1935) and Nightrider (1934), as well as Michaelangelo's Confession of Faith, a poem set to music by William H Harris (1935).