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'''Dorothy Brandon''' was a British [[playwright]] active in the [[interwar years]]. Her greatest [[West End theatre|West End]] success was the 1923 medical drama ''[[The Outsider (play)|The Outsider]]''<ref>Wearing ''The London Stage 1920-1929''. p.231-32</ref> which was revived several times, and adapted into films on three occasions.<ref>Goble p.899</ref> |
'''Dorothy Brandon''' was a British [[playwright]] active in the [[interwar years]]. Her greatest [[West End theatre|West End]] success was the 1923 medical drama ''[[The Outsider (play)|The Outsider]]''<ref>Wearing ''The London Stage 1920-1929''. p.231-32</ref> which was revived several times, and adapted into films on three occasions.<ref>Goble p.899</ref> |
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An earlier hit was 1917's ''[[Wild Heather (play)|Wild Heather]]'' which ran at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] for 79 performances.<ref>Gale p.198</ref> It was also [[Wild Heather|made into a film]].<ref>Goble p.1017</ref> A 1926 play ''[[Blind Alley]]'' was less successful, running for thirteen performances.<ref>Gale p.206</ref> |
An earlier hit was 1917's ''[[Wild Heather (play)|Wild Heather]]'' which ran at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] for 79 performances.<ref>Gale p.198</ref> It was also [[Wild Heather|made into a film]].<ref>Goble p.1017</ref> A 1926 play ''[[Blind Alley (play)|Blind Alley]]'' was less successful, running for thirteen performances.<ref>Gale p.206</ref> |
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==Selected plays== |
==Selected plays== |
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* ''[[Araminta Arrives]]'' (1921) |
* ''[[Araminta Arrives]]'' (1921) |
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* ''[[The Outsider (play)|The Outsider]]'' (1923) |
* ''[[The Outsider (play)|The Outsider]]'' (1923) |
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* ''[[Blind Alley]]'' (1926) |
* ''[[Blind Alley (play)|Blind Alley]]'' (1926) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 1 September 2022
Dorothy Brandon was a British playwright active in the interwar years. Her greatest West End success was the 1923 medical drama The Outsider[1] which was revived several times, and adapted into films on three occasions.[2]
An earlier hit was 1917's Wild Heather which ran at the Strand Theatre for 79 performances.[3] It was also made into a film.[4] A 1926 play Blind Alley was less successful, running for thirteen performances.[5]
Selected plays
[edit]- Wild Heather (1917)
- Araminta Arrives (1921)
- The Outsider (1923)
- Blind Alley (1926)
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Gale, Maggie. West End Women: Women and the London Stage 1918 - 1962. Routledge, 2008.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
External links
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