The_Old_Man_(Wallace_play)

<i>The Old Man</i> (Wallace play)

The Old Man (Wallace play)

1931 play

The Old Man is a 1931 mystery play by the British writer Edgar Wallace. Its original production was staged at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End for a ninety performance run.[1] It is set entirely in the "Coat of Arms" tavern where a mysterious old man lurks in the background, reputedly an escapee from a lunatic asylum.[2] The original cast included Alfred Drayton, Jack Melford, Harold Warrender and Finlay Currie.[3]

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Film adaptation

The same year the play was adapted into the film The Old Man directed by Manning Haynes.[4] Wallace was closely associated with British Lion, which produced[5] the film.

References

  1. [1]
    Wearing p. 117
  2. [2]
    Kabatchnik p. 172
  3. [3]
    Wearing p. 117
  4. [4]
    Goble p. 488
  5. [5]
    Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. p. 1965. ISBN 978-1-317-83701-5.

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire. Rowman & Littlefield, 2012.
  • Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.


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