A Midnight Bell (play)

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A Midnight Bell
Hoyt's A midnight bell laughter every minute. LCCN2014635967.jpg
1898 lithograph
Written by Charles H. Hoyt
Date premiered5 March 1889
Place premiered Bijou Theatre
GenreComedy

A Midnight Bell is a play written by Charles H. Hoyt. It was featured on Broadway in 1889 and starred Maude Adams. The play was adapted into an American silent film of the same name in 1921. [1]

Contents

The show ran from March 5 (delayed by one day for final rehearsal) through July 1, 1889. [2]

Broadway cast

References

  1. ↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 241. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  2. 1 2 Brown, T. Allston. A History of the New York Stage, Vol. 3, p. 289


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