The Last Hour (play)
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| Written by | Charles Bennett |
| Date premiered | 20 December 1928 |
| Place premiered | Comedy Theatre, London |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
The Last Hour is a 1928 comedy thriller play by the British writer Charles Bennett. At an inn on the coast of Devon, a secret agent battles a foreign prince trying to smuggle a stolen death ray out of the country.
It ran for 111 performances at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End between 20 December 1928 and 23 March 1929.[1] The cast included Cyril Raymond, Lydia Sherwood, Edward O'Neill and Franklin Dyall.
Film adaptation
[edit]In 1930 it was made into a British film The Last Hour directed by Walter Forde and starring Stewart Rome and Kathleen Vaughan.[2]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
- Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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