''Meet the Wife'' was a 1923 three act Broadway comedy written by

Lynn Starling Lynn Starling (September 13, 1888 – February 25, 1955) was an American screenwriter and playwright.Solomon p.329 Starling wrote the 1923 play '' Meet the Wife'', subsequently adapted into a 1931 film of the same title. Selected filmography *' ...

and produced by Stewart and French, Inc. It ran for 232 performances from November 26, 1923 to June 1924 at the

Klaw Theatre The Klaw Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 251–257 West 45th Street (now a part of George Abbott Way) in Midtown Manhattan. Built in 1921 for producer Marcus Klaw, the theater was designed by Eugene De Rosa. Rachel Crothers' '' Nice Pe ...

. Mary Boland starred as inadvertent

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Gertrude Lennox,

Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart (; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film In ...

as the juvenile lead reporter Gregory Brown and

Clifton Webb Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966), known professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, singer, and dancer. He worked extensively and was known for his stage appearances in the plays of Noël Coward, in ...

as sporting youngblood Victor Staunton. It was set in Gertrude Lennox's living room. It was adapted as a feature film also titled '' Meet the Wife'' in 1931 starring Laura La Plante.

Cast

* Mary Boland as Gertrude Lennox *

Charles Dalton Charles Dalton (June 9, 1850 – December 9, 1933) was a Canadian businessman, politician and philanthropist on Prince Edward Island. Biography Charles Dalton was born at Tignish, Prince Edward Island, the son of Patrick Dalton and Margaret Mc ...

as Harvey Lennox *

as Gregory Brown *

as Victor Staunton *Patricia Calvert as Alice *Eleanor Griffith as Doris Bellamy *

Ernest Lawford Ernest E. Lawford (1870–1940) was an English stage and film actor. Biography Lawford made his theatrical debut in 1890 in London at the St James's Theatre in ''As You Like It''. Later he appeared in productions of ''Charley's Aunt'' and ''A Woma ...

as Philip Lord *Charles Bloomer as William *Ralph Glover

References

*{{ibdb title, 7079, Meet the Wife
pic of Humphrey Bogart as Gregory Brown in 1923 Broadway play "Meet the Wife" with Patricia Calvert and Ralph Glover

External links

''Meet the Wife''
(the film) at IMDb 1923 plays Broadway plays Comedy plays American plays adapted into films Plays set in the United States