Number 17 (play)
1925 play by Joseph Jefferson Farjeon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Number 17 is a 1925 thriller play by the British writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon.
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Written by | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon |
Date premiered | 6 July 1925 |
Place premiered | Winter Gardens Theatre, New Brighton |
Original language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
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It premiered at the Winter Gardens Theatre in New Brighton before beginning a West End run of 209 performances, initially at the New Theatre before transferring to Wyndham's and then the Duke of York's Theatre. The original cast included Nicholas Hannen, Fred Groves, Leon M. Lion and Nora Swinburne.[1]
The following year he wrote a novelisation of the play, published by Hodder and Stoughton.[2]