Up in Mabel's Room (play)

Up in Mabel's Room is a play written by Wilson Collison and Otto Hauerbach. Producer Albert H. Woods staged it on Broadway in 1919.

Up in Mabel's Room
Hazel Dawn as Mabel
Written byWilson Collison and Otto Hauerbach
Date premieredJanuary 15, 1919 (1919-01-15)
Place premieredEltinge 42nd Street Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreFarce

Plot

Garry Ainsworth is married to Geraldine, who is jealous of his previous relationship with a pretty young widow, Mabel Essington. When they were together, Garry gave Mabel a chemise with their names embroidered on it. He wants to recover the garment before Geraldine learns of its existence. Garry's efforts are interpreted by other characters as evidence of a tryst between him and Mabel, leading to a confrontation between Mabel and Geraldine before the misunderstanding is resolved.

Cast and characters

The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:

Black and white photo of John Cumberland
John Cumberland played Garry in the Broadway production.
Cast of the Broadway production
Character Broadway cast
KrugerFrederick Sutton
CorlissHarry C. Bradley
Jimmy LarchmontWalter Jones
Garry AinsworthJohn Cumberland
GeraldineEnid Markey
Mabel EssingtonHazel Dawn
Martha WeldonLucy Cotton
Alicia LarchmontEvelyn Gosnell
Arthur WeldonH. Dudley Hawley
MarieAdele Rolland

History

The play opened at the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre on January 15, 1919. It closed in August 1919 after 229 performances.

Adaptations

The play was adapted twice as a movie. A 1926 silent film adaptation starred Marie Prevost as Mabel. A 1944 film adaptation starred Marjorie Reynolds.

References

  • Wainscott, Ronald Harold (1997). The Emergence of the Modern American Theater, 1914–1929. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-06776-3. OCLC 35128122.
  • Bordman, Gerald (1995). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1914–1930. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509078-0. OCLC 30356203.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.