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The Man From Home (play)
''The Man from Home'' is a 1907 play written by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. It is a comedy with four acts, three settings, and moderate pacing. The story concerns an Indiana lawyer who has travelled to Italy to save his ward from an ill-conceived marriage. The action of the play all takes place within 24 hours. The play was first produced by Liebler & Company, staged by Hugh Ford (director), Hugh Ford, with settings by Gates and Morange, and starring William Hodge, William T. Hodge. After a tryout in Louisville, Kentucky, it opened in Chicago during September 1907, where it played for 36 weeks, setting a record for a dramatic production with 316 performances. It premiered on Broadway during August 1908, and ran through to November 1909 for nearly 500 performances. The play was later adapted for silent films of the same title in 1914 and 1922. Characters Characters are listed in order of appearance within their scope. Lead * Ethel Granger-Simpson is 20, a pretty yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hodge
William Thomas Hodge (November 1, 1874 – January 30, 1932) was an American actor, playwright, and theatrical producer. Active on stage from his late teens, he began performing on Broadway in 1899 with ''A Reign of Error'' and ''Sag Harbor (play), Sag Harbor'', appeared in the hits ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (play), Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' (1903) and ''Dream City'' (1906), and became a star with ''The Man from Home (play), The Man from Home'' (1908), which ran for over a year on Broadway, and which he took on the road for four seasons. From 1913 on, he wrote his own plays, at first using the name Lawrence Whitman, which he abandoned after 1918. The most successful of these was ''For All of Us'' (1923), which ran for over 200 performances on Broadway. He was a proponent of touring, having his own "William Hodge public" that would attend his plays around the country. His last performances were with his own work, ''The Old Rascal'', in 1930. Early years He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
