Quiet Weekend (play)

Quiet Weekend is a 1941 play by the British writer Esther McCracken.[1] It opened on 2 July 1941 at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, where it enjoyed a successful run of 1,059 performances, closing on 29 January 1944.[2] The production was directed by Richard Bird and designed by Michael Relph.[3] It was a sequel to the 1938 play Quiet Wedding.

Original theatre programme

Plot

Mildred and Arthur Royd own a "quiet" weekend country cottage. Their daughter, Marcia and her husband arrive not on the best of terms. Denys, the Royds' young son, arrives with the glamorous Rowena Marriott but Miranda, a young guest, remains embrassingly devoted to him.[4]

Mildred has to cope with the complications which develop as everything goes wrong.[4]

Arthur keeps company with Adrian Barasford. Bachelor Adrian's interest is divided between discussing fishing with Arthur and his devotion to the charming middle-aged Mary Jarrow. Arthur and Adrian become involved in a salmon-poaching with matters straightened out the next day but all leave hurriedly to escape the consequences and to evade a visit from the vicar looking for money.[4]

Original West End cast

Adaptation
Main article: Quiet Weekend

In 1946 it was turned into a film Quiet Weekend directed by Harold French.[5]

References
  1. Chambers p.463
  2. Wearing, J. P. (22 August 2014). The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893061 – via Google Books.
  3. "Production of Quiet Weekend | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. quince players quiet-weekend-spring-1962
  5. "Quiet Week End (1946)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.

Bibliography
  • Chambers, Colin. Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. Continuum, 2002.
  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.


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