''The Lunatic at Large Again'' is a 1922

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the British writer

J. Storer Clouston Joseph Storer Clouston OBE (23 May 1870, Cumberland, England – 23 June 1944, Orkney, Scotland) was a Scottish author and historian. Life and work J. S. Clouston, the son of psychiatrist Sir Thomas Clouston, was from an "old Orkney family", ac ...

. It was the sequel to the 1899 novel ''

The Lunatic at Large ''The Lunatic at Large'' is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Gwynne Herbert. The screenplay concerns an aristocratic matron who attempts to arrange a suitable marriage for he ...

'' and enjoyed commercial success. It portrays the further adventures of Francis Beveridge, and like its predecessor relies on a

Wodehousian Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

style of humour. It was published in America by E.P. Dutton & Company. Elements from the story were used in the 1927 American

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

''.Goble p87

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Royle, Trevor. ''Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature''. Macmillan, 1984. 1922 British novels Novels set in England British comedy novels Novels by J. Storer Clouston Sequel novels {{1920s-comedy-novel-stub