''Love in Albania'' is a

comedy play Comedy is a genre of dramatic performance having a light or humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents and in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity. For ancient Greeks and Romans, a comedy was a stage-play with a happy endin ...

by the British writer

Eric Linklater Eric Robert Russell Linklater CBE (8 March 1899 – 7 November 1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish poet, fiction writer, military historian, and travel writer. For ''The Wind on the Moon'', a children's fantasy novel, he won the 1944 Carnegie Meda ...

, which was originally performed in 1949. After appearing at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith it transferred to

St James's Theatre The St James's Theatre was in King Street, St James's, London. It opened in 1835 and was demolished in 1957. The theatre was conceived by and built for a popular singer, John Braham; it lost money and after three seasons he retired. A succ ...

in the West End. Directed by and starring Peter Ustinov the cast also included

Brenda Bruce Brenda Bruce OBE (7 July 1919Some sources cite 17 July 1919. – 19 February 1996) was an English actress. She was focused on the theatre, radio, film and television. Career Bruce was born in Prestwich, Lancashire in 1919, and started her ...

, Molly Urquhart, Peter Jones and

Robin Bailey William Henry Mettam "Robin" Bailey (5 October 1919 – 14 January 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Often cast in upper class and tradition-bound roles such as Mr Justice Graves in Thames Television's '' ...

. It was staged with the support of the Arts Council of Great Britain. Ustinov played a buffoonish American

military policeman Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In wartime operations, the military police may support the main fighting force with force protection, convoy security, screening, rear rec ...

searching for his long-lost daughter in wartime

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

.Tanitch p.143

References

Bibliography

* Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. * Tanitch, Robert . ''London Stage in the 20th Century''. Haus Publishing, 2007. * Willians, Geoffrey. ''Peter Ustinov''. Peter Owen, 1957. 1949 plays Comedy plays West End plays Plays by Eric Linklater {{1940s-play-stub