Difference between revisions of "Monsieur Beaucaire"
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Based on the short novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (first published in 1900), it was adapted as a play by Tarkington and Sutherland in 1904 and first performed starring Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller, the play received a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle before Edward VII. | Based on the short novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (first published in 1900), it was adapted as a play by Tarkington and Sutherland in 1904 and first performed starring Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller, the play received a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle before Edward VII. | ||
| − | In 1924 it was a success for Gerald Lawrence. | + | In 1924-25 it was a considerable West End success for [[Gerald Lawrence]], who played the lead. |
== Performed in South Africa == | == Performed in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 09:08, 16 July 2015
Monsieur Beaucaire is play by E.G. Sutherland and Booth Tarkington.
The original text
Based on the short novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (first published in 1900), it was adapted as a play by Tarkington and Sutherland in 1904 and first performed starring Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller, the play received a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle before Edward VII.
In 1924-25 it was a considerable West End success for Gerald Lawrence, who played the lead.
Performed in South Africa
It was one of the plays performed in 1929 by a West End theatre company from London headed by actor-manager Gerald Lawrence on a South African tour.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Beaucaire_(novel)
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