Lord_and_Lady_Algy_(play)

<i>Lord and Lady Algy</i> (play)

Lord and Lady Algy (play)

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Lord and Lady Algy is a comedy play by the British writer R. C. Carton which premiered in London in 1898, starring his wife, Katherine Compton, and Charles Hawtrey.[1] In New York it played at the Empire Theatre in May 1899, running for 111 performances, and was revived on Broadway later in 1899, 1903 and 1917.[2]

Film adaptation

In 1919 the play was turned into an American silent film of the same title directed by Harry Beaumont.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Lord and Lady Algy", The Era, 23 April 1898, p. 15
  2. [2]
    "Lord and Lady Algy", IBDB. Retrieved 20 April 2021
  3. [3]
    Goble p.74

Sources

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ISBN 9783110951943


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