''M'Lady'' is a 1921 play by the British writer
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 β 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
. It is a drama about a woman who tries to raise her daughter in
high society, only for her husband to return from
Broadmoor
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where he has been serving a sentence for killing a police officer. It was panned by theatre critics.
It ran for twenty three performances at the
Playhouse Theatre
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in the
West End
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* West End of London, an area of central London, England
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. The original cast included
Frederick Leister
Frederick Leister (1 December 1885 β 24 August 1970), was an English actor. He began his career in musical comedy and after serving in the First World War he played character roles in modern West End plays and in classic drama. He appeared in ...
,
Frederick Worlock
Frederick Worlock (December 14, 1886 β August 1, 1973) was a British-American actor. He is known for his work in various films during the 1940s and 1950s, and as the voice of Horace in ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1961).
Career
On sta ...
and
Henrietta Watson
Henrietta Watson (11 March 187329 September 1964) was a Scottish actress. She was born in Dundee, Scotland, on 11 March 1873, into a theatrical family. Her maternal grandfather was actor J.B. Johnston, whom Edmund Yates considered to be βthe m ...
.
In 1930 Wallace adapted the play into a novel ''
The Lady of Ascot''.
[Kabatchnik p.171]
References
Bibliography
* 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 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
1921 plays
Plays by Edgar Wallace
Plays set in England
West End plays
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