Yellow Sands (play)
Yellow Sands is a play which opened at the Haymarket Theatre, London on 3 November 1926, where it ran for 610 performances, and at the Fulton Theatre, New York City on 10 September 1927, where it ran for 25 performances, closing in October 1927.
| Yellow Sands | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Eden Phillpotts Adelaide Phillpotts |
| Date premiered | 1925 |
| Place premiered | Haymarket Theatre |
| Original language | English |
Yellow Sands was written by Eden Phillpotts and his daughter Adelaide Phillpotts,[1] produced by Sir Barry Jackson and directed by H. K. Ayliff.[2]
The production marked the London debut of Sir Ralph Richardson.
It was adapted for a film, Yellow Sands, in 1938.
Plot
A wealthy dying woman's relatives gather, unaware that they have all been cut out of her will.
Opening night cast (New York)
- Reginald Bach
- Florence Barnes
- Eileen Beldon
- Madge Burbage
- Arthur Claremont
- Wilson Colman
- Jack Livesey
- Lester Matthews
- Joyce Moore
- Nellie Sheffield
- Winnie Tempest
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References
- James Y. Dayananda, ‘Phillpotts , (Mary) Adelaide Eden (1896–1993)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2012 accessed 9 May 2017
- "Yellow Sands". Playbill.
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