M'Lady (play) explained

M'Lady
Date Of Premiere:18 July 1921
Original Language:English
Place:Playhouse Theatre, London
Genre:Crime drama

M'Lady is a 1921 play by the British writer Edgar Wallace. It is a drama about a woman who tries to raise her daughter in high society, only for her husband to return from Broadmoor where he has been serving a sentence for killing a police officer. It was panned by theatre critics.[1]

It ran for twenty three performances at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End. The original cast included Frederick Leister, Frederick Worlock and Henrietta Watson.[2]

In 1930 Wallace adapted the play into a novel The Lady of Ascot.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Kabatchnik p.171
  2. Wearing p.107
  3. Kabatchnik p.171