Almost a Honeymoon (play)
Almost a Honeymoon is a 1930 play by Walter Ellis.[1] It debuted at the Garrick Theatre in London and later enjoyed a successful run at the Apollo Theatre.[2] A farce it concerns a young man who has secured a lucrative post in the colonial service. His problem is that the post requires him to be married, and he has just a day to find a woman to be his wife.
Original cast
- Charles - Hylton Allen/George Relph
- Bailiff - Christopher Steele
- Basil Dibley - Gerald Pring
- Cuthbert de Grey - Lamont Dickinson
- Mr. Dixon - Edward Thane
- Taxi Driver - Barry Lyndon
- Margaret Brent - Grace Lane
- Rosalie Quilter - Renee Kelly/Mercia Swinburne
Adaptations
The play was twice adapted for film. In 1930 Almost a Honeymoon directed by Monty Banks and starring Clifford Mollison and Dodo Watts and in 1938 Almost a Honeymoon directed by Norman Lee and starring Tommy Trinder and Linden Travers.[3][4]
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References
- Wearing, J. P. (May 15, 2014). "The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.
- Smith p.232
- "Almost a Honeymoon (1930) - | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
- "Almost a Honeymoon (1938) - Norman Lee | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
Bibliography
- Smith, Leslie. Modern British Farce. Barnes and Noble, 1989.
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