The Last Hour (play) explained

The Last Hour
Date Of Premiere:20 December 1928
Original Language:English
Place:Comedy Theatre, London
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

In 1930 it was made into a British film The Last Hour directed by Walter Forde and starring Stewart Rome and Kathleen Vaughan.[2]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Wearing p.638
  2. Goble p.35