Monsieur Beaucaire

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)

J. P. Wearing, "The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel"[1]

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