Charles Darrell
{{Short description|English playwright (1859–1932)}}
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Charles Darrell (29 June 1859 – 25 March 1932) was an English playwright who specialized in melodrama.
Early life
Selected works
His plays include:{{cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/232959 |title=Charles Darrell |publisher=AusStage |access-date=25 July 2021}}
- When London Sleeps: Charles Holloway's production at Theatre Royal, Melbourne in 1898;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145861115 |title=On and Off the Stage |newspaper=Table Talk |issue=664 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=18 March 1898 |accessdate=25 July 2021 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}} basis of the 1932 film When London Sleeps
- The Power and the Glory (1898); first Australian performance in 1899{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127380941 |title=Last Night's Amusements |newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sydney) |issue=687 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 March 1899 |accessdate=25 July 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- Defender of the Faith; first Australian production 1900{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14294750 |title=Lyceum Theatre |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=19,324 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1900 |accessdate=25 July 2021 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- Her Luck in London (1905); first Australian production 1906;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175378386 |title=Greenroom Gossip. |newspaper=Melbourne Punch |volume=CV |issue=2669 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=20 September 1906 |accessdate=25 July 2021 |page=34 |via=National Library of Australia}} basis of the 1914 film Her Luck in London
- What a Man Made Her (1909)
- A Girl's Good Luck (1912)
- In A Man's Grip (1913)
- The Millionaire and the Woman (1916)
- Should a Wife Refuse? (1917)
- Tommy's French Wife (1918)
- A Girl in the Web (1919)
- From Shopgirl to Duchess; first Australian production 1909;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56722797 |title=Dramatic Notes |newspaper=The Register (Adelaide) |volume=LXXIV |issue=19,574 |location=South Australia |date=7 August 1909 |accessdate=25 July 2021 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}} basis of the 1917 film From Shopgirl to Duchess
- The Girl Who Knew a Bit; Australian rights purchased by William Anderson 1911.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168598276 |title=Theatrical Tit-bits |newspaper=Sydney Sportsman |volume=XI |issue=653 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 December 1911 |accessdate=25 July 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- The Idol of Paris, basis of the 1914 film The Idol of Paris, was also the English title of Sarah Bernhardt's autobiography.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165776695 |title=Madame Sarah Bernhardt |newspaper=Geelong Advertiser |issue=23,273 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=28 December 1921 |accessdate=25 July 2021 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- White as a Lily?; first Australian production 1913{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238907153 |title=The Adelphi |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |issue=10734 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 October 1913 |accessdate=25 July 2021 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- When Paris Sleeps (1913), first Australia production 1920;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162634012 |title=Fuller's Sydney Attractions |newspaper=The Newcastle Sun |issue=690 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 June 1920 |accessdate=25 July 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} basis of the 1917 film When Paris Sleeps
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