The Midshipmaid (play)

The Midshipmaid
Written by	Ian Hay Stephen King-Hall
Date premiered	1931
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

The Midshipmaid is a 1931 British comedy play by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall, which ran for 227 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End. ^[1] The following year Hay wrote a novel based on the play. ^[2]

Original cast

• Able Seaman Pook - A.W. Baskcomb
• Bandmaster Tappett - Roger Maxwell
• Celia Newbiggin - Jane Baxter
• Commander ffosbery - Basil Foster
• Cora Golightly - Marjorie Playfair
• Corporal of Marines/Leading Torpedoman Huggins - Henry Thompson
• Dora Golightly - Kathleen Kelly
• Guest - Nancy Russell
• Instructor Lt. Commander Tomkinson - Peter Mather
• Lady Mildred Martyn - Mary Clare
• Lord Chinley - Terence Downing
• Lt. Commander Valentine - Charlton Morton
• Lt. Kingsford - Edward Harben
• Lucy - Ivy des Voeux
• Major Spink - Michael Shepley
• Marine Bundy - S. Victor Stanley
• Marine Robbins - D.J. Williams
• Marine Smith - Albert Arlen
• Midshipman Golightly - Humphrey Morton
• Sick Bay Attendant Slingsby/Leading Stoker Hammond - Oliver Gordon
• Sir Percy Newbiggin - Clive Currie ^[3]

Film adaptation

In 1932 it was made into a film of the same title by Gainsborough Pictures, starring Jessie Matthews and Basil Sydney. ^[4]

References

1. Wearing p.137
2. "The Midshipmaid: The Tale of a Naval Manoevre NAUTICAL FICTION by Ian HAY on Yesterday's Gallery and Babylon Revisited Rare Books". Yesterday's Gallery and Babylon Revisited Rare Books.
3. "Production of The Midshipmaid | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
4. Goble p.212

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.