The Case of Lady Camber (play)
The Case of Lady Camber is a play by the British writer Horace Annesley Vachell, which was first performed in 1915. The play was a success in the West End, enjoying a lengthy run at the Savoy Theatre.[1] It was not as well received in New York when it opened at the Lyceum Theatre in 1917.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]When Lady Camber, an ex-music hall star, dies in mysterious circumstances, suspicion falls on her young nurse Esther Yorke who is suspected of murdering her so she can marry Lord Camber.
Film adaptations
[edit]The play has been turned into films on three occasions:
- A 1920 silent film The Case of Lady Camber, directed by Walter West
- A 1932 film Lord Camber's Ladies, directed by Benn W. Levy and produced by Alfred Hitchcock
- A 1948 film The Story of Shirley Yorke, directed by Maclean Rogers[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Low p. 152
- ^ Bordman p. 60
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bordman, Gerald. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama 1914–1930. Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Low, Rachael. The History of the British Film, 1919–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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