Canaries Sometimes Sing (play)

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Canaries Sometimes Sing is a comedy play by the British writer Frederick Lonsdale that was first staged in 1929 at the Globe Theatre in the West End.[1] It represented the breakthrough role as a solo performer of the French comedienne Yvonne Arnaud.[2]

Film adaptation

In 1931 it was adapted into the British film Canaries Sometimes Sing directed by and starring Tom Walls along with Yvonne Arnaud and Cathleen Nesbitt.

References

  1. ^ Nicoll p.417
  2. ^ Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre p.41

Bibliography

  • Chambers, Colin. Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. A&C Black, 2006.
  • Donaldson, Frances. Freddy Lonsdale. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
  • Nicoll, Alardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930: The Beginnings of the Modern Period. Part I. Cambridge University Press, 1973.