Quiet Weekend (play)
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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.
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- Adrian Barrasford - Frank Cellier
- Arthur Royd - George Thorpe
- Bella Hitchins - Helene Burls
- Denys Royd - Michael Wilding
- Ella Spender - Dorothy Batley
- Jim Brent - Geoffrey Denys
- Marcia Brent - Gwynne Whitby
- Mary Jerrow - Gladys Boot
- Mildred Royd - Marjorie Fielding
- Miranda Bute - Glynis Johns
- Rowena Marriott - Jeanne Stuart
- Sally Spender - Gabrielle Blunt
- Sam Pecker - Basil Mitchell
Adaptation
[edit]In 1946 it was turned into a film Quiet Weekend directed by Harold French.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Chambers p.463
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Production of Quiet Weekend | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ a b c quince players quiet-weekend-spring-1962
- ^ "Quiet Week End (1946)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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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