Bulldog_Drummond_(play)

<i>Bulldog Drummond</i> (play)

Bulldog Drummond (play)

1921 work by H.C. McNeile & Gerald du Maurier

Bulldog Drummond is a 1921 play by H.C. McNeile and Gerald du Maurier. It is based on McNeile's 1920 novel of the same title featuring the gentleman adventurer Bulldog Drummond.

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Its original run at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End lasted for 430 performances between 29 March 1921 and 1 April 1922. Du Maurier played Drummond alongside Ronald Squire as Algy Langworth, Claud Allister as Hiram G. Travers and Alfred Drayton as the villain Carl Peterson.[1] It was revived in London on several occasions. The title role was played on Broadway by A.E. Matthews in a run lasting 162 performances.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Wearing p.87
  2. [2]
    Lachman p.42

Bibliography

  • Lachman, Marvin. The Villainous Stage: Crime Plays on Broadway and in the West End. McFarland, 2014.
  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.


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