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Lord and Lady Algy (play)

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Lord and Lady Algy is a comedy play by the British writer R. C. Carton which premiered in London in 1898, starring his wife, Katherine Compton, and Charles Hawtrey. In New York it played at the Empire Theatre in May 1899, running for 111 performances, and was revived on Broadway later in 1899, 1903 and 1917.

Film adaptation

In 1919 the play was turned into an American silent film of the same title directed by Harry Beaumont.

References

  1. "Lord and Lady Algy", The Era, 23 April 1898, p. 15
  2. "Lord and Lady Algy", IBDB. Retrieved 20 April 2021
  3. Goble p.74

Sources

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ISBN 9783110951943


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