Mumsie (play)

Mumsie or Mumsée is a 1920 play by the Anglo-American writer Edward Knoblock.

Mumsie
Written byEdward Knoblock
Date premiered24 February 1920
Place premieredLittle Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreWar Drama

Adaptation

It was first staged at the Little Theatre in London, lasting for a run of 38 performances. It marked the reopening of the Little Theatre which had damaged in an air raid in 1917. The original cast included Henry Kendall, Edna Best, Diana Hamilton, Cyril Raymond and Eva Moore.[1]

Adaptation

In 1927 it was turned into a silent British film Mumsie directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Herbert Marshall.[2]

References

  1. Wearing p.10
  2. Goble p.264

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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