''London Calling'' is a comedy play in three acts, written by

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, produced by

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, and directed by Dan Jarratt. The play was first performed at

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, on October 18, 1930. The star of the original production was British-born

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St. Clair Bayfield. Geoffrey Kerr had previously performed in ''The Stork'' (1925) and also wrote short stories on the side for '' Vanity Fair'' magazine.

Plot

The comedy centres on two brothers Willie and George Craft, whose American mother and British father long have been divorced. Willie Craft has been raised in America by his mother, George by his father in

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, England. When George appears for a surprise visit to

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, he and Willie soon fall for a designing woman, Anne Hunter. Their mother decides she is not suitable and prevents her from seeing them, and in the process tries reconciling with their father.''

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Scene synopsis

Mrs. Craft's apartment on Park Avenue (Manhattan), Park Avenue and George Craft's furnished apartment on East 49th Street.

Original production

Cast and characters

* St. Clair Bayfield - Straight * Emma Bunting - Mary Dayton *Helen Flint - Anne Hunter *Penelope Hubbard - Jenny Fall *

- George Craft *Charles Lawrence - Willie Craft *Edward Leiter - Carl Merodini *Anne Sutherland - Mrs. Craft *Graham Velsey - Chauncey Knayling *Dallas Welford - Blewes * Walter Wilson - Henry Dayton

Notes

External links

* {{IBDB show, 5518, London Calling Broadway plays Comedy plays 1930 plays Plays set in New York City