Double Dan (play)

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Double Dan
Written by Edgar Wallace
Date premiered4 April 1927
Place premiered Opera House Theatre, Blackpool
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Double Dan is a 1927 comedy crime play by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It is inspired by the 1924 novel Double Dan by Wallace. The plot concerns high finance and a criminal who is a master of disguise. [1]

It ran for nine performances at the Savoy Theatre in the West End having premiered at the Opera House Theatre in Blackpool. The cast included Alfred Drayton, Peter Haddon, Reginald Bach and Josephine Wilson. [2]

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References

  1. Wearing p.513
  2. Wearing p.513

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