''The Mouthpiece'' is a 1930 crime play by the British writer
Edgar Wallace. It was one of several theatrical failures written by Wallace following the enormous success of ''
On the Spot'', with a plot described as "flimsy".
It ran for twelve performances at
Wyndham's Theatre in the
West End. The cast included
Emlyn Williams,
Douglas Payne
Douglas Payne (1875 in England – 3 August 1965 in London, England) was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* '' Maria Marten'' (1913)
* '' The Harbour Lights'' (1914)
* ''In the Ranks'' (1914)
* ''Enoch Arden'' (1914)
* '' ...
,
Mabel Terry-Lewis and
Margaret Bannerman. In 1935 it was posthumously
novelised
A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent ...
by Robert Curtis.
[Wearing p. 68]
A gang of criminals discover that a young woman is unaware that she is about to inherit a fortune, and scheme to marry one of their members to her to get their hands on the money.
References
Bibliography
* Kabatchnik, Amnon. ''Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2012.
* Wearing, J. P. ''The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
1930 plays
Plays by Edgar Wallace
Plays set in England
West End plays
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