Vanity Fair (play)

{{short description|1946 play}}

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| name = Vanity Fair

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| writer = Constance Cox

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| date of premiere = 14 May 1946

| original language = English

| place = Q Theatre, West London

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| genre = Historical drama

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Vanity Fair is a 1946 play by the British writer Constance Cox, based on William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name.Kabatchnik p.68

It premiered at the Q Theatre before transferring to the Comedy Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 70 performances between 29 October and 21 December 1946.Wearing p.267 A studio production of this play was broadcast live on BBC television on 3 September 1950 and again on 7 September, starring Belle Chrystall.