Zack (play)

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Zack
Written by Harold Brighouse
Date premiered1920
Place premiered England
Original languageEnglish

Zack is a 1920 play by British playwright Harold Brighouse. [1]

It was one of several of Brighouse's plays performed by the Manchester's Gaiety Theatre.

Other performances

In 1988 Euan Smith directed "Zack" at the Watermill Theare, Newbury with Yvonne Bellamy as Mrs Manning, Alan Hendrick as Paul, Val Pelka as Zack, Helen Patrick as Virginia, Robin Brunskill as Martha Wrigley, and Isobel Rowley as Sally.

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