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. It ran for 67 performances at the Queen's Theatre in

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, Fred Kerr,

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, E. Holman Clark and Tom Reynolds.Wearing p.5

References

Bibliography

* Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1920–1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 1920 plays West End plays British comedy plays Plays by Walter Hackett {{1920s-play-stub