Grand_National_Night_(play)

<i>Grand National Night</i> (play)

Grand National Night (play)

1945 play

Grand National Night is a 1945 thriller play by the British writers Campbell Christie and Dorothy Christie. A racehorse owner quarrels and accidentally kills his wife on the evening of the Grand National.

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It premiered at the New Theatre, Oxford before transferring to the Apollo Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 268 performances between 12 June 1946 and 1 February 1947. The original West End cast included Leslie Banks, Hermione Baddeley, Frederick Lloyd, Olga Edwardes, Campbell Copelin and Vincent Holman.[1] It was revived briefly at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1948, lasting for 16 performances.[2]

Film adaptation

In 1953 it was made into a British film of the same title starring Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister and Beatrice Campbell.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Wearing p.239
  2. [2]
    Wearing p.353
  3. [3]
    Goble p.84

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.


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