Someone Waiting

Someone Waiting is a 1953 thriller play by the British writer Emlyn Williams.

Someone Waiting
Broadway programme
Written byEmlyn Williams
Date premiered14 September 1953
Place premieredRoyal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Original languageEnglish
GenreThriller
SettingDrawing room of the Nedlows' apartment, Mill Court, London. Present time.

It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool before transferring to the Globe Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 156 performances between 25 November 1953 and 10 April 1954. The cast included Williams himself as well as Gabrielle Brune, Adrianne Allen, Gladys Henson, Campbell Cotts and John Stratton.[1] It appeared at the John Golden Theatre on Broadway in February 1956 with Leo G. Carroll, Jessie Royce Landis and Norah Howard in the cast, but this lasted for only 15 shows.[2]

In 1957 it was adapted into the film Time Without Pity directed by Joseph Losey.[3]

References
  1. Wearing p.271
  2. https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/someone-waiting-2404
  3. https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b87e752

Bibliography
  • Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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