Sorry You've Been Troubled

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Sorry You've Been Troubled
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Written by Walter C. Hackett
Date premiered24 September 1929
Place premiered His Majesty's Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreMystery

Sorry You've Been Troubled is a mystery play by the British-American writer Walter C. Hackett.

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It premiered at His Majesty's Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 157 performances between 24 September 1929 and 1 February 1930. The original cast included Harold Huth, Hugh Wakefield, Anthony Holles, George Woodbridge, Diana Wynyard, Joan Marion, Marion Lorne and Kathleen Kelly. [1]

Film adaptations

It has twice been adapted into films: a 1932 British film Life Goes On by Paramount British Pictures, directed by Jack Raymond and starring Elsie Randolph, Betty Stockfeld and Warwick Ward and a 1935 American film One New York Night by MGM, directed by Jack Conway and starring Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel. [2]

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References

  1. Wearing p.700
  2. Goble p.201

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