''The First Mrs. Fraser'' is a 1929 play by the Irish writer
St. John Ervine
St John Greer Ervine (28 December 1883 – 24 January 1971) was an Irish biographer, novelist, critic, dramatist, and theatre manager. He was the most prominent Ulster writer of the early twentieth century and a major Irish dramatist whose work in ...
. After his second wife leaves him for somebody else, a man returns to his true love - his first wife. The play has been revived a number of times and is one of Ervine's best-known works.
Adaptations
In 1932 the play was turned into a British film ''
The First Mrs. Fraser'' directed by
Sinclair Hill.
[Oakley p.112] It was followed by a
1950 television film and a 1955 German film which drew heavily on the plot.
References
Bibliography
Oakley, Charles Allen. ''Where We Came In: Seventy Years of the British Film Industry''. Routledge, 2013.
1929 plays
British plays adapted into films
Plays set in England
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