Liberty Hall (play)

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H. H. Vincent as Briginshaw in the original production

Liberty Hall is a comedy-drama play by the British writer R. C. Carton which premiered in London on 3 December 1892, at the St James's Theatre. It ran for 192 performances, until 20 May 1893.^[1] The cast was:

Mr Owen – George Alexander
William Todman – Edward Righton
Hon Gerald Harringay – Ben Webster
Mr Pedrick – Nutcombe Gould
J. Briginshaw – H. H. Vincent
Robert Binks – Richard Saker
Luscombe – Vernon Sansbury
Mr Hickson – Alfred Holles
Miss Hickson – Ailsa Craig
Crafer – Fanny Coleman
Amy Chilworth – Maude Millett
Blanche Chillcorth – Marion Terry

Source: The Era.^[2]

The play was revived at the St James's for a single matinée performance in March 1894 and 16 performances in November 1895.^[3]

Film adaptation[]

In 1914 the play was turned into a film of the same title directed by Harold M. Shaw.^[4]

References[]

^ Wearing, p. 271
^ "The London Theatres", The Era, 10 December 1892, p. 9
^ Wearing, pp. 380 and 520
^ Goble, p. 73

Bibliography[]

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Wearing, J. P. (1976). The London Stage, 1890–1899: A Calendar of Plays and Players. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-81-080910-9.

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[1] Wearing, p. 271

[2] "The London Theatres", The Era, 10 December 1892, p. 9

[3] Wearing, pp. 380 and 520

[4] Goble, p. 73

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