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The Faithful Heart (play)
''The Faithful Heart'' is a 1921 play by the Irish writer Monckton Hoffe. Structure A play in a prologue (set in 1899), two acts (twenty years later) and an epilogue. The prologue is set in the Reindeer Hotel, outside Southampton docks. Act one is set in "the private office of Colonel Ango in a hotel converted by the war department". Act two is set in "Colonel Ango's flat in Mount Street, London". The epilogue is again set in the Reindeer Hotel at Southampton.Programme from Pavilion Theatre, Torquay Adaptations The play has been adapted on three occasions. In 1922 it was made into a silent film '' The Faithful Heart'' starring Lillian Hall-Davis. In 1933 a sound version '' The Faithful Heart'' was made. The play was adapted for television in 1950 by the BBC for an episode of the ''Sunday Night Theatre'' featuring Richard Littledale and Ballard Berkeley. References Bibliography * Nicoll, Alardyce. ''English Drama, 1900-1930: The Beginnings of the Modern Period''. Cambridge Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monckton Hoffe
Monckton Hoffe (1880–1951) was an Irish playwright and screenwriter. Early life On 26 December 1880, Hoffe was born in Connemara, Ireland. His full name was Reaney Monckton Hoffe-Miles. Career Hoffe was known for his romantic comedies and was well known in commercial theatre in London in the 1920s. He wrote more than 20 plays. He was initially an actor who wrote his first play, '' The Lady Who Dwelt in the Dark,'' in 1903. He became more widely known with '' The Little Damozel'' in 1909 in which Charles Hawtrey appeared. He wrote for films and broadcasting, and continued to act on stage and in films intermittently throughout his life. Hoffe was married to Barbara Conrad but the marriage was dissolved in 1923. He died on 4 November 1951 in London. Selected plays *'' The Lady Who Dwelt in the Dark'' (1903) *'' The Little Damozel'' (1909) *'' The Faithful Heart'' (1921) *'' Pomp and Circumstance'' (1922) *'' Hate Ship'' *'' The Flame of Love'' *'' The Crooked Friday'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Faithful Heart (1922 Film)
''The Faithful Heart'' is a 1922 British drama film directed by Fred Paul and starring Owen Nares, Lillian Hall-Davis and Cathleen Nesbitt. It is an adaptation of the play '' The Faithful Heart'' by Monckton Hoffe. Cast * Owen Nares - Waverley Ango * Lillian Hall-Davis - Blackie Anderway * Cathleen Nesbitt - Diana Oughterson * A.B. Imeson - Major Lestrade * Ruth Maitland - Mrs Gattiscombe * Cyril Raymond - Albert Oughterson * Victor Tandy The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ... - Sergeant Brabazon * Charles Thursby - Captain Ralkjam References External links * 1922 films 1922 drama films British silent feature films Films based on works by Monckton Hoffe Films directed by Fred Paul Films produced by G. B. Samuelson British drama films British black-and- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillian Hall-Davis
Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films. Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-colour version of ''Pagliacci'' (1923), ''The Passionate Adventure'' (1924), ''Blighty (film), Blighty'' (1927), ''The Ring (1927 film), The Ring'' (1927) and ''The Farmer's Wife'' (1928), the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who at the time considered her his "favourite actress." She had a lead role in a "lavish production" of ''Quo Vadis (1924 film), Quo Vadis'' (1924), an Italian film directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby. Hall-Davis also appeared in ''As We Lie'' (1927), a comedy short film made in the Lee DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, co-starring and directed by Miles Mander. Hall-Davis did not make the transition to sound films; in 1933 her "sharp career d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Faithful Heart (1932 Film)
''The Faithful Heart'' is a 1932 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Herbert Marshall, Edna Best and Anne Grey. It is based on the 1921 play '' The Faithful Heart'' by Monckton Hoffe. It was made at Islington Studios of Gainsborough Pictures in London.Wood p.74 The film's sets were designed by Alex Vetchinsky. Plot At the turn of the century, a young waitress has a fling with a sailor on leave. He then departs for South Africa to fight in the Boer War and enjoys a distinguished career and is awarded a Victoria Cross for heroics in the First World War. Engaged to a high society heiress, his new status is changed by the sudden arrival of his long-lost daughter, the identical image of her now-deceased mother. Cast * Herbert Marshall as Waverly Ango * Edna Best as Blackie Anderway / Blackie's Daughter * Mignon O'Doherty as Miss Gattiscombe * Laurence Hanray as Major Ango * Anne Grey as Diana * Athole Stewart Athole Chalmers Stewart (25 June 1879 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Night Theatre
''Sunday Night Theatre'' was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Kneale were produced for this series, including ''Arrow to the Heart'' (1952, 1956) and ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (1954). The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed ''The Sunday-Night Play'' which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of ''Sunday Night Theatre'' between 1969 and 1974. Archive status The overwhelming majority of the run (1950–1959) of 721 plays are missing from television archives; only 27 are believed to still exist as telerecordings. The Thursday 'repeat performance; of ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballard Berkeley
Ballard Blascheck (6 August 1904 – 16 January 1988), known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He is best remembered for playing Major Gowen in the British television sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''. Life and career The son of Joseph and Beatrice Blascheck, he was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He married Dorothy Long in 1929. During the 1930s he performed regularly in the so-called "quota quickies". One of his earliest roles was as the heroic lead in the 1937 film ''The Last Adventurers''. He served as a special constable with the Metropolitan Police during the Second World War, witnessing the Blitz at first hand, including the bombing of the Café de Paris nightclub. For his service he received the Defence Medal and the Special Constabulary Long Service Medal. He appeared in the film ''In Which We Serve'' (1942) and in the Hitchcock film ''Stage Fright'' (1950). He featured as Detective Inspector Berkeley in two episodes of Edgar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HathiTrust Digital Library
HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries. History HathiTrust was founded in October 2008 by the twelve universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the eleven libraries of the University of California. The partnership includes over 60 research libraries across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and is based on a shared governance structure. Costs are shared by the participating libraries and library consortia. The repository is administered by the University of Michigan. The executive director of HathiTrust is Mike Furlough. The HathiTrust Shared Print Program is a distributed collective collection whose participating libraries have committed to retaining almost 18 million monograph volumes for 25 years, representing three-quarters of HathiTrus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Plays
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British Plays Adapted Into Films
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West End Plays
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