Scotch Mist (play)

Scotch Mist
Broadway programme
Written byPatrick Hastings
Date premiered26 January 1926
Place premieredSt Martin's Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Scotch Mist is a 1926 comedy play by the British writer and barrister Patrick Hastings. Star Tallulah Bankhead played the centre of a love triangle and was apparently responsible for the play's commercial success despite critical reviews.[1]

It ran for a 117 performances at the St Martin's Theatre in London's West End between 26 January and 3 May 1926. The cast included Bankhead, Godfrey Tearle, Edmund Breon, Abraham Sofaer and Beatrix Lehmann. It was produced by Basil Dean.[2] A Broadway run directed by Edward Childs Carpenter at the Klaw Theatre the same year was less successful, lasting for 16 performances.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wearing p.417
  2. ^ Wearing p.416-17
  3. ^ Wearing p.417

Bibliography

  • Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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