Milestones is a 1912 play by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock (then known as Knoblauch). It is a story of an upper-middle-class family's progress between 1860 and 1912. [1]
Milestones is a 1912 play by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock (then known as Knoblauch). It is a story of an upper-middle-class family's progress between 1860 and 1912. [1]
The play opened at the Royalty Theatre, London, on 5 March 1912 and ran for 612 performances. [2] In September 1912 it opened at the Liberty Theatre, New York, where it ran for 215 performances. [3]
The New York cast was headed by Leslie Faber as John Rhead. [3]
The play depicts the generational clashes within a prosperous English family, all concerning the matrimonial wishes of the rising generation and their parents' opposition to it. Act I is set in 1860; Act 2 in 1885; Act 3 in 1912. The following is from The Times's summary of the plot in its review of the first performance. [4]
The play was adapted into silent films on two occasions. A 1916 British film Milestones directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Owen Nares and a 1920 American film Milestones directed by Paul Scardon and starring Lewis Stone. [5]
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