Almost a Honeymoon (play)

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Almost a Honeymoon is a 1930 play by Walter Ellis. [1] It debuted at the Garrick Theatre in London and later enjoyed a successful run at the Apollo Theatre. [2] A farce it concerns a young man who has secured a lucrative post in the colonial service. His problem is that the post requires him to be married, and he has just a day to find a woman to be his wife.

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Original cast

Adaptations

The play was twice adapted for film. In 1930 Almost a Honeymoon directed by Monty Banks and starring Clifford Mollison and Dodo Watts and in 1938 Almost a Honeymoon directed by Norman Lee and starring Tommy Trinder and Linden Travers. [3] [4]

References

  1. Wearing, J. P. (15 May 2014). The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9780810893047 via Google Books.
  2. Smith p.232
  3. "Almost a Honeymoon (1930) - | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
  4. "Almost a Honeymoon (1938) - Norman Lee | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.

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