Almost a Honeymoon (play)

Almost a Honeymoon is a 1930 play by Walter Ellis. It debuted at the Garrick Theatre in London and later enjoyed a successful run at the Apollo Theatre.Smith p.232 A farce it concerns a young man who has secured a lucrative post in the colonial service. His problem is that the post requires him to be married, and he has just a day to find a woman to be his wife.

Original cast Charles – Hylton Allen/George Relph Bailiff – Christopher Steele Basil Dibley – Gerald Pring Cuthbert de Grey – Lamont Dickinson Mr. Dixon – Edward Thane Taxi Driver – Barry Lyndon Margaret Brent – Grace Lane Rosalie Quilter – Renee Kelly/Mercia Swinburne

Adaptations The play was twice adapted for film. In 1930 Almost a Honeymoon directed by Monty Banks and starring Clifford Mollison and Dodo Watts and in 1938 Almost a Honeymoon directed by Norman Lee and starring Tommy Trinder and Linden Travers.

References

Bibliography Smith, Leslie. Modern British Farce. Barnes and Noble, 1989.