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Grand National Night (play)
Grand National Night is a 1945 thriller play by the British writers Campbell Christie and Dorothy Christie. A racehorse owner quarrels and accidentally kills his wife on the evening of the Grand National.
| Grand National Night | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Campbell Christie Dorothy Christie |
| Date premiered | 19 November 1945 |
| Place premiered | New Theatre, Oxford |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Setting | Chillington, outside Liverpool |
It premiered at the New Theatre, Oxford before transferring to the Apollo Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 268 performances between 12 June 1946 and 1 February 1947. The original West End cast included Leslie Banks, Hermione Baddeley, Frederick Lloyd, Olga Edwardes, Campbell Copelin and Vincent Holman.[1] It was revived briefly at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1948, lasting for 16 performances.[2]
Film adaptation edit
In 1953 it was made into a British film of the same title starring Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister and Beatrice Campbell.[3]
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.