''Her Master's Voice'' was a 1933 Broadway two act comedy written by Clare Kummer, produced by Max Gordon and staged by C. Worthington Miner with scenic design created by Raymond Sovey.

Roland Young Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

, who played Ned Farrar, was Clare Kummer's son-in-law at the time. The play ran for 224 performances from October 23, 1933 to May 1934 at the

Plymouth Theatre Plymouth Theatre or Plymouth Theater may refer to: * Plymouth Theatre (Boston) * Plymouth Theatre (Worcester) * Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York City, formerly the Plymouth Theatre * H Street Playhouse The H Street Playhouse was a black box ...

. The play was included in Burns Mantle's ''The Best Plays of 1933-1934''.

Cast

as Ned Farrar * Frances Fuller as Queena Farrar *

Laura Hope Crews Laura Hope Crews (December 12, 1879 – November 12, 1942) was an American actress who is best remembered today for her later work as a character actress in motion pictures of the 1930s. Her best-known film role was Aunt Pittypat in ''Gone ...

as Aunt Min * Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. Martin *

Francis Pierlot Francis Pierlot (July 15, 1875 – May 11, 1955) was a stage and film actor with over 90 film credits between 1914 and 1953. The Massachusetts-born actor's first film credit was in 1914, but he did not begin appearing in films full-time until ...

as Craddock * Frederick Perry as Mr. Twilling * Josephine Williams as Phoebe

Adaptations

The play was presented as a one-hour radio adaptation on '' Lux Radio Theatre'' on March 17, 1935. Roland Young reprised his leading role. It was adapted into the 1936 film ''

Her Master's Voice ''Her Master's Voice'' is a 1936 film directed by Joseph Santley and based on the 1933 play '' Her Master's Voice'' by Clare Kummer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexander Toluboff. Plot A wealthy woman moves her niece to h ...

'' directed by

Joseph Santley Joseph Mansfield Santley (born Joseph Ishmael Mansfield, January 10, 1890 – August 8, 1971) was an American actor, singer, dancer, writer, director, and producer of musical theatre, musical theatre, theatrical plays motion pictures and tele ...

and starring

Edward Everett Horton Edward Everett Horton Jr. (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons. Early life Horton was born in Kings County ...

and Peggy Conklin with

recreating her role as Aunt Min.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Her Master's Voice (play) 1933 plays Broadway plays Plays set in New Jersey American plays adapted into films Comedy plays