''Almost a Honeymoon'' is a 1930

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by Walter Ellis. It debuted at the

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in London and later enjoyed a successful run at the

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. A

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it concerns a young man who has secured a lucrative post in the

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service. His problem is that the post requires him to be married, and he has just a day to find a woman to be his wife.

Original cast

*Charles - Hylton Allen/

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*Bailiff - Christopher Steele *Basil Dibley -

Gerald Pring Gerald Pring (1888 – 1970) was a British stage and film actor. He played a number of supporting roles in British and American films during the silent and sound eras. In 1930 he appeared in the West End in the comedy '' Almost a Honeymoon''.We ...

*Cuthbert de Grey - Lamont Dickinson *Mr. Dixon - Edward Thane *Taxi Driver - Barry Lyndon *Margaret Brent - Grace Lane *Rosalie Quilter -

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/Mercia Swinburne

Adaptations

The play was twice adapted for film. In 1930 '' Almost a Honeymoon'' directed by

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and starring

Clifford Mollison Clifford Lely Mollison (30 March 1897 – 4 June 1986) was a British stage, film and television actor. He made his stage debut in 1913. He was married to the actress Avril Wheatley. His younger brother was the actor Henry Mollison. Mollison ac ...

and

Dodo Watts Dorothy Margaret Watts (1910–1990), known professionally as Dodo Watts, was a British stage and film actress. She played Fay Eaton in the 1929 Broadway version of Ian Hay's play ''The Middle Watch'', and reprised her role in the 1930 British ...

and in 1938 '' Almost a Honeymoon'' directed by

Norman Lee Norman Lee (10 October 1898 – 2 June 1964) was a British screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography * ''The Lure of the Atlantic'' (1929) * '' The Streets of London'' (1929) * ''Night Patrol'' (1930, documentary) * '' Doctor Joss ...

and starring

Tommy Trinder Thomas Edward Trinder CBE (24 March 1909 – 10 July 1989) was an English stage, screen and radio comedian whose catchphrase was "You lucky people!". Described by cultural historian Matthew Sweet as "a cocky, front-of-cloth variety turn", he was ...

and

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References

Bibliography

* Smith, Leslie. ''Modern British Farce''. Barnes and Noble, 1989. 1930 plays Comedy plays British plays adapted into films West End plays {{1930s-play-stub