M'Lady (play)

M'Lady
Written byEdgar Wallace
Date premiered18 July 1921
Place premieredPlayhouse Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreCrime drama

M'Lady is a 1921 play by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It is a drama about a woman who tries to raise her daughter in high society, only for her husband to return from Broadmoor where he has been serving a sentence for killing a police officer. It was panned by theatre critics.[1]

It ran for twenty three performances at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End. The original cast included Frederick Leister, Frederick Worlock and Henrietta Watson.[2]

In 1930 Wallace adapted the play into a novel The Lady of Ascot.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kabatchnik p.171
  2. ^ Wearing p.107
  3. ^ Kabatchnik p.171

Bibliography

  • Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire. Rowman & Littlefield, 2012.
  • Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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