The Midshipmaid (play) explained
| The Midshipmaid |
| Date Of Premiere: | 1931 |
| Original Language: | English |
| Genre: | Comedy |
The Midshipmaid is a 1931 British comedy play by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall, which ran for 227 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End.[1] The following year Hay wrote a novel based on the play.[2]
Original cast
- Able Seaman Pook - A.W. Baskcomb
- Bandmaster Tappett - Roger Maxwell
- Celia Newbiggin - Jane Baxter
- Commander ffosbery - Basil Foster
- Cora Golightly - Marjorie Playfair
- Corporal of Marines/Leading Torpedoman Huggins - Henry Thompson
- Dora Golightly - Kathleen Kelly
- Guest - Nancy Russell
- Instructor Lt. Commander Tomkinson - Peter Mather
- Lady Mildred Martyn - Mary Clare
- Lord Chinley - Terence Downing
- Lt. Commander Valentine - Charlton Morton
- Lt. Kingsford - Edward Harben
- Lucy - Ivy des Voeux
- Major Spink - Michael Shepley
- Marine Bundy - S. Victor Stanley
- Marine Robbins - D.J. Williams
- Marine Smith - Albert Arlen
- Midshipman Golightly - Humphrey Morton
- Sick Bay Attendant Slingsby/Leading Stoker Hammond - Oliver Gordon
- Sir Percy Newbiggin - Clive Currie[3]
Film adaptation
In 1932 it was made into a film of the same title by Gainsborough Pictures, starring Jessie Matthews and Basil Sydney.[4]
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.
Notes and References
- Wearing p.137
- Web site: The Midshipmaid: The Tale of a Naval Manoevre NAUTICAL FICTION by Ian HAY on Yesterday's Gallery and Babylon Revisited Rare Books. Yesterday's Gallery and Babylon Revisited Rare Books.
- Web site: Production of The Midshipmaid | Theatricalia. theatricalia.com.
- Goble p.212
