The High Road is a comedy play by the British writer Frederick Lonsdale which was first staged in 1927. It opened in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre, and ran for 234 performances.[1] The following year, it opened on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre, where ran for 144 performances, with Alfred Drayton and Frederick Kerr from the London cast.[2]
In 1930 it was adapted into the American film The Lady of Scandal directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Ruth Chatterton and Basil Rathbone.[3]
Original London cast
edit- Ernest - Brian Gilmour
- Lord Trench - Fred Kerr
- Sir Reginald Whelby - Miles Clifton
- Lord Crayle - Allan Aynesworth
- Morton - Claude Disney-Roebuck
- Duke of Warrington - Ian Hunter
- Lord Teylesmore - Colin Keith-Johnston
- James Hilary - Alfred Drayton
- Alex - Marjorie Brooks
- Lady Minister - Mary Jerrold
- Lady Trench - Gertrude Kingston
- Elsie Hilary - Cecily Byrne
References
edit- ^ Nicoll p.417
- ^ "The High Road – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ "The Lady of Scandal (1930)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018.
Bibliography
edit- Donaldson, Frances. Freddy Lonsdale. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
- Nicoll, Alardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930: The Beginnings of the Modern Period. Part I. Cambridge University Press, 1973.
External links
edit- Full text of The High Road at HathiTrust Digital Library
- The High Road at the Internet Broadway Database
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