Plot
A wealthy dying woman's relatives gather, unaware that they have all been cut out of her will.
| Yellow Sands | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Eden Phillpotts Adelaide Phillpotts |
| Date premiered | 1926 |
| Place premiered | Haymarket Theatre |
| Original language | English |
Yellow Sands is a play which opened at the Haymarket Theatre, London on 3 November 1926, where it ran for 610 performances, and at the Fulton Theatre, New York City on 10 September 1927, where it ran for 25 performances, closing in October 1927.
Yellow Sands was written by Eden Phillpotts and his daughter Adelaide Phillpotts, [1] produced by Sir Barry Jackson and directed by H. K. Ayliff. [2]
The production marked the London debut of Sir Ralph Richardson.
It was adapted for a film, Yellow Sands , in 1938.
A wealthy dying woman's relatives gather, unaware that they have all been cut out of her will.
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