Hyde Park Corner (play)
Hyde Park Corner is a play by Walter Hackett.[1] It premiered at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End on October 5, 1934, where it ran until April 11, 1935.[2] The play starred Hackett's wife, the actress Marion Lorne, as The Hon. Mrs. Sophia Wittering; an 18th-century society lady with a proclivity for cheating while gambling.[3] Others in the cast included Godfrey Tearle as both Captain Richard Concannon and Sir Richard Carstairs, K.C.; J. H. Roberts as Benson; and Gordon Harker as Police Constable Samuel Cheatle. The play featured a time jump, with part of the play taking place in the 1780s and part of the play taking place the year the 1934.[4]
Harker reprised his role from the stage play in the 1935 film adaption of the work which was directed by Sinclair Hill.
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Too Much Plot in "Hyde Park Corner"". Evening Standard. October 6, 1934. p. 18.
- ^ Wearing 2014, p. 388.
- ^ "The Gambler Who Cheated". Daily Mirror. October 6, 1934. p. 3.
- ^ "Mr. Hackett's New Play". The Guardian. October 6, 1934. p. 12.
Bibliography
[edit]- Wearing, John Peter (2014). The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893047.
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