The Freedom of the Seas (play) explained

The Freedom of the Seas
Date Of Premiere:	24 July 1918
Original Language:	English
Place:	Royalty Theatre
Genre:	War comedy

The Freedom of the Seas is a 1918 British comedy play by Walter C. Hackett. A downtrodden London clerk joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. Given command of a tramp steamer he rises to the occasion and thwarts the plans of a German spy.^[1] It appeared at the Royalty Theatre before transferring to the Theatre Royal, Haymarket where the cast included Dennis Eadie, Billie Carleton, Tom Reynolds, Marion Lorne, Randle Ayrton, Sydney Valentine and James Carew.

Adaptation

In 1934 it was made into a film Freedom of the Seas by British International Pictures.^[2] Directed by Marcel Varnel it starred Clifford Mollison and Wendy Barrie.

References

1. British Literature of World War I, Volume 5, Volume 5. p.xc
2. Goble p.770

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Maunder, Andrew, Smith, Angela K., Potter, Jane & Tate, Trudi . British Literature of World War I, Volume 5, Volume 5. Routledge, 2017.