Quiet Wedding (play)

File:"Quiet_Wedding"_(play).jpg and Elizabeth Allan in the original London production]]Quiet Wedding is a 1938 comedy play in three acts by the British writer Esther McCracken.{{cite web|url=https://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE%3D3263 |title=British Plays Collection |access-date=December 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209015804/https://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=3263 |archive-date=December 9, 2014 }} A young couple's plans for their wedding are undermined by the constant interruptions of their relatives. A sequel Quiet Weekend was written in 1941 and proved to be even more successful.

Film adaptations

In 1941 a film adaptation Quiet Wedding was directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Margaret Lockwood, Derek Farr and Marjorie Fielding.{{cite web | title=Movie Review - At the Little Carnegie | work=The New York Times | date= | url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9901E0DB173DE333A2575AC2A9649D946093D6CF | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819130552/https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9901E0DB173DE333A2575AC2A9649D946093D6CF | archive-date=2016-08-19 | url-status=dead}} A further version appeared in 1958 as Happy Is the Bride, directed by Roy Boulting.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77345/happy-is-the-bride|title=Happy Is the Bride (1958) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies}}

Radio adaptation

Quiet Wedding was presented on Theatre Guild on the Air 3 May 1953. The one-hour adaptation starred Diana Lynn, John Dall, and Jessie Royce Landis.{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2676130/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=March 15, 1953|page=46|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = June 25, 2015}} {{Open access}}

References

Category:Plays by Esther McCracken

Category:1938 plays

Category:British plays adapted into films