''Flowers of the Forest'' is a 1934 play by the British writer
John Van Druten
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. It lasted for a brief
West End run of fourteen performances at the
Whitehall Theatre
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with a cast including
Henry Oscar
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,
Haddon Mason
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* ''Every Mother's Son (film), Every Mother's Son'' (1926)
* ''Dawn (1928 film), Dawn'' (1928)
* ''The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (film), The ...
,
Stephen Haggard
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,
Barry K. Barnes and
Lewis Casson
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. In
New York
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it played for forty performances at the
Broadway
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Martin Beck Theatre
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with a cast that included
Hugh Williams
Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (6 March 1904 – 7 December 1969) was a British actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.
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Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (nicknamed "Tam") was born at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex to Hugh Dafydd Anth ...
and
Burgess Meredith
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.
[Bordman p.117]
References
Bibliography
* Bordman, Gerald . ''American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930-1969''. Oxford University Press, 1996.
* Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
1934 plays
Plays by John Van Druten
West End plays
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