A Full Houseis afarcein three acts byFrederick J. Jackson.A comedy of errors, the play centers around the theft of a ruby necklace and relies heavily upon slapstick and physical comedy. It premiered onBroadwayat theLongacre Theatreon May 10, 1915.[1]It closed at that theatre in August 1915 after 112 performances.
The production was produced byHarry Frazee,directed by Edward MacGregor, and starredEdgar Nortonas Parkes,May Vokesas Susie,Ralph Morganas Ned Pembroke Jr., Elizabeth Nelson as Ottilie Howell,Maude Turner Gordonas Mrs. Winnecker,Claiborne Fosteras Daphne Charters,Herbert Corthellas Nicholas King, George Parsons as George Howell, Bernice Buck as the show girl Vera Venon, and Hugh Cameron as the policeman Jim Mooney.[1]
Adaptations
editIt was adapted byHenry BlossomandVictor Herbertinto the 1919 Broadway musicalThe Velvet Lady.[2]It was also adapted into a 1920silent film,A Full House.[3]
References
edit- ^ab"A FULL HOUSE' IS AN AMUSING FARCE; New Entertainment at the Longacre Is Compounded of Cheerful Nonsense".The New York Times.May 11, 1915. p. 15.
- ^Dan Dietz (2021). "The Velvet Lady".The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals.Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.pp. 466–468.ISBN9781538150283.
- ^Alan Goble, ed. (2011). "A Full House".The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film.Bowker-Saur. p. 772.ISBN9783110951943.
External links
edit- A Full Houseat theInternet Broadway Database
- Frederick Jackson (1922).A Full House: A Farce in Three Acts.S. French.
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