The Gay Adventure (play) explained

The Gay Adventure
Date Of Premiere:	23 December 1931
Original Language:	English
Place:	Whitehall Theatre
Genre:	Comedy

The Gay Adventure is a 1931 comedy play by the British-American writer Walter C. Hackett.

It ran for 291 performances at the Whitehall Theatre in the West End between 23 December 1931 and 3 September 1932. The original cast included Seymour Hicks, Charles Quatermaine, Eric Maturin, Nora Swinburne and Marion Lorne.^[1]

Adaptation

In 1936 it was made into a film of the same title directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Yvonne Arnaud.^[2]

References

1. Wearing p.172
2. Goble p.201

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.