The Way Things Go (play) - Misplaced Pages

The Way Things Go is a comedy play by the British writer Frederick Lonsdale. It ran for 155 performances at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End between 2 March and 15 July 1950. It was Lonsdale's final play, ending a career that stretched back to the Edwardian era. The original cast included Glynis Johns, Kenneth More, Ronald Squire and Michael Gough. It was subsequently staged at the Booth Theatre in New York the same year, but lasted for only twelve performances.

Synopsis

A wealthy young American woman tries to lure an impoverished British duke into marriage.

Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

v t e Musicals and plays by Frederick Lonsdale
King of Cadonia (1908, libretto) The Balkan Princess (1910, libretto) Betty (1915, libretto) The Maid of the Mountains (1917, libretto) Monsieur Beaucaire (1919, libretto adaptation) Madame Pompadour (1923, libretto adaptation) Aren't We All? (1923) The Street Singer (1924, libretto) The Fake (1924) Spring Cleaning (1925) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1925) On Approval (1926) The High Road (1927) Canaries Sometimes Sing (1929) But for the Grace of God (1946) The Way Things Go (1950)

Musicals and plays by Frederick Lonsdale

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