The Voice from the Minaret (play)
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Written by | Robert Hichens |
Date premiered | September 1919 |
Place premiered | Globe Theatre, London |
Original language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | Damascus, London |
The Voice from the Minaret is a play by the British writer Robert Hichens. It premiered at the Globe Theatre in London's West End in 1919, with a cast including Marie Lohr, Arthur Wontner, Henry Vibart, Norman McKinnel, George Hayes and Vane Featherston. In 1922 it was staged on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre with Lohr and Herbert Marshall heading the cast, and Edmund Gwenn receiving the best reviews.[1]
Synopsis[]
An unhappily married woman falls for a handsome religious student and has a brief romance before he dedicates himself to a career in the church.
Film adaptation[]
In 1923 it was adapted into an American silent film The Voice from the Minaret directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Norma Talmadge, Eugene O'Brien and Winter Hall.[2]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Bordman, Gerald. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama 1914-1930. Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Categories:
- 1919 plays
- West End plays
- British plays adapted into films
- Works by Robert Hichens
- Plays set in London
- 1910s play stubs