Someone at the Door (play)
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Someone at the Door is a British comedy thriller play by Campbell Christie and Dorothy Christie which was first staged in 1935,Low p.387 and ran successfully at the Aldwych, New and Comedy theatres in London's West End.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/jzx59/someone-at-the-door/|title=Someone at the Door – review | cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online|website=Radio Times}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2mYAwAAQBAJ&q=someone+at+the+door+london+stage+1930-1939&pg=PA424|title=The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=May 15, 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810893047|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2mYAwAAQBAJ&q=someone+at+the+door+new+theatre+london+stage+1930-1939&pg=PA443|title=The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=May 15, 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810893047|via=Google Books}}
Original cast
- Ronnie Martin - Henry Kendall
- Bill Reid - Ivan Samson
- Price - George Devine
- P.C. O'Brien - Gilbert Davis
- Harry Kapel, J.P. - Basil Radford
- Sergeant Spedding - Walter Fitzgerald
- Stranger - Frank Chaytor
- Sally Martin - Diana Churchill
Adaptations
The play has been adapted twice into films. In 1936 Someone at the Door directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Aileen Marson and Billy Milton and in 1950 Someone at the Door directed by Francis Searle and starring Michael Medwin and Garry Marsh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b661e69|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081311/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b661e69|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2017|title=Someone at the Door (1936)|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b662154|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081932/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b662154|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2017|title=Someone at the Door (1950)|website=BFI}} It was also made into a 1939 television film for the BBC.{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bb270d9117b549c4a0342ea52ae3c1e7|title=Someone at the Door|date=March 31, 1939|issue=808|pages=38|via=BBC Genome}}
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. The History of British Film. Volume VII. Routledge, 1997.
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Category:British plays adapted into films
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