| The Lunatic at Large | |
| Author: | J. Storer Clouston |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Publisher: | William Blackwood & Sons |
| Release Date: | 1899 |
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| Followed By: | The Lunatic at Large Again |
The Lunatic at Large is an 1899 comedy novel by the British writer J. Storer Clouston. A popular success, it was followed by three sequels The Lunatic at Large Again (1922), The Lunatic Still at Large (1923), and The Lunatic In Charge (1926).[1]
Francis Beveridge escapes from a lunatic asylum and heads for London. There, at a luxury hotel he meets up with a travelling German baron and becomes his guide to the sights of England and its capital city.
It has been made into films on two occasions, a 1921 British silent film directed by and starring Henry Edwards and a 1927 American silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Leon Errol, Dorothy Mackaill and Warren Cook.[2]