Sensation (play)

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Sensation
Written by Charles Bennett
Date premiered15 October 1931
Place premiered Lyceum Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreThriller

Sensation is a 1931 thriller play by the British writer Charles Bennett.

It ran for 59 performances at the Lyceum Theatre in London's West End. The cast included Eve Gray, Sam Livesey, Roger Livesey, Henry Cass and Edgar Norfolk. [1]

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References

  1. Wearing p.156

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