''Tilly of Bloomsbury'' is a 1919

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written by

Ian Hay Major (Honorary Major General) John Hay Beith, Order of the British Empire, CBE Military Cross, MC (17 April 1876 – 22 September 1952), was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, an ...

. It is heavily influenced by the story of

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and concerns a young woman from

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, Tilly Wellwyn who falls in love with a wealthy

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. Despite her poor background, she tries to pretend she is also from a noble background - attempting to fool his family also. She succeeds in this at first, but her attempts to make her own family pretend to be upper-class ultimately leads to the exposure of her ploy. The play was adapted as a film three times in 1921 by Rex Wilson, 1931 by Jack Raymond and 1940 by Leslie S. Hiscott.BFI.org
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1919 plays Comedy plays Plays by Ian Hay West End plays {{1910s-play-stub