The Marriage of Kitty (play)

The Marriage of Kitty is a 1902 comedy play by Cosmo Gordon Lennox. It is an English-language adaptation of the French play La Passerelle by Francis de Croisset and Fred de Gresac which premiered in Paris the same year.

The Marriage of Kitty
Written byCosmo Gordon Lennox
Date premiered19 August 1902
Place premieredDuke of York's Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy
SettingLincoln's Inn Fields and Lake Geneva

It ran for 293 performances on its initial run in London's West End, first at the Duke of York's Theatre before moving to Wyndham's then to the Criterion Theatre. The original cast included Marie Tempest, Leonard Boyne, Gilbert Hare and Ellis Jeffreys. A Broadway production at the Hudson Theatre ran for 51 performances in 1903.[1]

Film adaptations

The play was made into a 1915 silent film of the same title directed by George Melford and starring Fannie Ward. A second adaptation Afraid to Love was produced in 1927, directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Florence Vidor and Clive Brook.[2]

References
  1. Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Scarecrow Press, (2nd) 2013. p. 111. ISBN 0810892936.
  2. Goble, Alan (2011) [1999]. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-3598114922.


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