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The High Road (play)

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The High Road is a comedy play by the British writer Frederick Lonsdale which was first staged in 1927. It opened in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre, and ran for 234 performances.[1] The following year, it opened on Broadway at the Fulton Theatre, where ran for 144 performances, with Alfred Drayton and Frederick Kerr from the London cast.[2]

In 1930 it was adapted into the American film The Lady of Scandal directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Ruth Chatterton and Basil Rathbone.[3]

Original London cast

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References

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  1. ^ Nicoll p.417
  2. ^ "The High Road – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  3. ^ "The Lady of Scandal (1930)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018.

Bibliography

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  • Donaldson, Frances. Freddy Lonsdale. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
  • Nicoll, Alardyce. English Drama, 1900-1930: The Beginnings of the Modern Period. Part I. Cambridge University Press, 1973.
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