Dead Secret (play)

{{Short description|1952 play}}

{{For|the play by Rodney Ackland|A Dead Secret}}

{{Infobox play

| name = Dead Secret

| image =File:Dead Secret (play).png

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| writer = Michael Clayton Hutton

| setting = England, present day

| date of premiere = 29 September 1952

| original language = English

| place =Her Majesty's Theatre, Brighton

| series =

| subject =

| genre = Thriller

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Dead Secret is a 1952 thriller play by the British writer Michael Clayton Hutton.Carlson p.203 A murder mystery, it premiered at Her Majesty's Theatre, Brighton before transferring to London's West End where it ran for 29 performances at St James's Theatre between 5 November and 29 November 1952.Wearing p.194 The West End cast featured Ian Hunter, Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Heron and Sophie Stewart.Wearing p.194

References

Bibliography

  • Carlson, Marvin. Deathtraps: The Postmodern Comedy Thriller. Indiana University Press, 1993.
  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Category:1952 plays

Category:West End plays

Category:thriller plays

Category:Plays set in England

Category:Plays by Michael Clayton Hutton

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