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Sorry You've Been Troubled
Written byWalter C. Hackett
Date premiered24 September 1929
Place premieredHis Majesty's Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreMystery

Sorry You've Been Troubled is a mystery play by the British-American writer Walter C. Hackett.

It premiered at His Majesty's Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 157 performances between 24 September 1929 and 1 February 1930. The original cast included Harold Huth, Hugh Wakefield, Anthony Holles, George Woodbridge, Diana Wynyard, Joan Marion, Marion Lorne and Kathleen Kelly.[1]

Film adaptations[edit]

It has twice been adapted into films: a 1932 British film Life Goes On by Paramount British Pictures, directed by Jack Raymond and starring Elsie Randolph, Betty Stockfeld and Warwick Ward and a 1935 American film One New York Night by MGM, directed by Jack Conway and starring Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wearing p.700
  2. ^ Goble p.201

Bibliography[edit]

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.


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