The Last Enemy | |
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Written by | Frank Harvey |
Date premiered | 19 December 1929 [1] [2] |
Place premiered | Fortune Theatre, London |
Original language | English |
Setting | In the Antarctic at the Perry's and at Warrender's Lodging |
The Last Enemy is a 1929 play by actor-writer Frank Harvey. It was initially produced by Tom Walls and ran for 12 weeks. [3] Laurence Olivier was in the cast. [4]
It opened on Broadway at the Schubert Theatre on 30 October 1930, with O.B. Clarence from the London cast. The production, directed by Nicholas Hannen, closed after four performances. [5]
It had a run in Sydney in November 1930 [6] and again in 1947. [7]
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