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The Midshipmaid (play)

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The Midshipmaid
Written byIan Hay
Stephen King-Hall
Date premiered1931
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The Midshipmaid is a 1931 British comedy play by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall, which ran for 227 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End.[1] The following year Hay wrote a novel based on the play.[2]

Original cast

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  • Able Seaman Pook - A.W. Baskcomb
  • Bandmaster Tappett - Roger Maxwell
  • Celia Newbiggin - Jane Baxter
  • Commander ffosbery - Basil Foster
  • Cora Golightly - Marjorie Playfair
  • Corporal of Marines/Leading Torpedoman Huggins - Henry Thompson
  • Dora Golightly - Kathleen Kelly
  • Guest - Nancy Russell
  • Instructor Lt. Commander Tomkinson - Peter Mather
  • Lady Mildred Martyn - Mary Clare
  • Lord Chinley - Terence Downing
  • Lt. Commander Valentine - Charlton Morton
  • Lt. Kingsford - Edward Harben
  • Lucy - Ivy des Voeux
  • Major Spink - Michael Shepley
  • Marine Bundy - S. Victor Stanley
  • Marine Robbins - D.J. Williams
  • Marine Smith - Albert Arlen
  • Midshipman Golightly - Humphrey Morton
  • Sick Bay Attendant Slingsby/Leading Stoker Hammond - Oliver Gordon
  • Sir Percy Newbiggin - Clive Currie[3]

Film adaptation

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In 1932 it was made into a film of the same title by Gainsborough Pictures, starring Jessie Matthews and Basil Sydney.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Wearing p.137
  2. ^ "The Midshipmaid: The Tale of a Naval Manoevre NAUTICAL FICTION by Ian HAY on Yesterday's Gallery and Babylon Revisited Rare Books". Yesterday's Gallery and Babylon Revisited Rare Books.
  3. ^ "Production of The Midshipmaid | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. ^ Goble p.212

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.