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Summertime (1919 play)

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Summertime
Written byLouis N. Parker
Date premiered30 October 1919
Place premieredRoyalty Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Summertime is a comedy play by the British writer Louis N. Parker.

It ran for 52 performances at the Royalty Theatre in London's West End between 30 October and 13 December 1919. The original cast included Fay Compton, C. Aubrey Smith, Cyril Raymond, Arthur Pusey, Mary Brough and Madge Stuart. Compton plays an Australian woman visiting Devon who manages to arrange four different marriages. One review criticised the "stagey and artificial" Devon depicted in the play, comparing it unfavourably to the portrayals of the county in the works of Eden Phillpotts.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Wearing p.896

Bibliography

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  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel.. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.