The Last Hour (play)

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The Last Hour
Written byCharles Bennett
Date premiered20 December 1928
Place premieredComedy Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreThriller

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Bibliography[edit]

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery and Detection. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
  • Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.