244:, as the sprightly young female lead. The plays generally revolved around a series of preposterous incidents involving a misunderstanding, borrowed clothes and lost trousers, involving the worldly Walls character, the innocent yet cheeky Lynn, the hapless Hare, the beefy, domineering Brough, the lean, domineering Coleridge, and the pretty and slightly spicy Shotter, all played with earnest seriousness. The scripts incorporated and developed British
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273:, and from October, the Aldwych farces were presented by the firm of Tom Walls and Reginald Highley Ltd. By 1930, Walls was losing interest in the theatre, turning his attention to the cinema. He did not appear in the last three of the twelve Aldwych farces, which had disappointing runs. The last of them,
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The farces proved popular, and touring casts were regularly sent to the provinces. Some touring players, such as
William Daunt (1893–1938) who played the Ralph Lynn roles, made considerable personal successes in the 1920s playing Aldwych farces in the provinces. Lynn's younger brother Hastings Lynn,
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The farces were so popular that touring companies were sent to present them in the
British provinces. Most of the Aldwych farces were adapted for film in the 1930s, starring the original stage casts as far as possible. The plays were later seen in television versions, and some enjoyed revivals.
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too much for the author's taste. Travers built on each play, and the characterisations in the earlier plays, in writing the next farce for the company; and even Walls' calls to the stage manager for lines became a popular part of opening nights at the
Aldwych.
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The following table shows the opening and closing dates, and the number of performances given, in the original productions of the
Aldwych farces. All were written by Ben Travers, except where otherwise shown:
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Most of the farces, as well as some other works by
Travers, were filmed during the 1930s. The films featured many of the actors who had starred in the plays; Walls directed all the films except for
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Travers noted that the ad-libbing diminished as he came to anticipate and include in his scripts "the sort of thing Ralph himself would have said in the circumstances". Travers, p. 91
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A member of a seaside concert party is stranded when the promoter of her show absconds. Two chivalrous men, impeded at every turn by rampaging landladies demanding money, rescue her.
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played his brother's roles in successful productions in
Australia and New Zealand. Among the up-and-coming performers who appeared in Aldwych farces before becoming famous were
781:. The first of these plays was an updated and Anglicised adaptation of an American play of 1914; a version of the original play was filmed in the US in 1931, starring
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A young man is forced by circumstances to share a room overnight with a married woman friend. Their spouses take some convincing that there has been no impropriety.
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A newlywed man gives shelter to a damsel in distress in his wife's absence, and has to head off scandal stirred up by his interfering sister-in-law.
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The playboy son of a rich manufacturer sets up a spurious rival to his father's company. To his father's astonishment the venture is successful. (By
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1869:
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154:. Walls secured a cheap, long-term lease on the theatre, which had fallen so far out of fashion with playgoers that it had been used as a
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company broadcast a series of performances. In 1970, BBC presented adaptations of six of the
Aldwych series (and another Travers farce,
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1328:
790:
208:, and also distressingly unprepared as an actor. In the early days, he also had reservations about the other star of the company,
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The son and daughter of feuding suburban families marry. The families attempt, with sporadic success, to sink their differences.
33:
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After five years of extraordinary success, Walls' business partnership with Henson ended in
September 1927 during the run of
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288:. It ran from 6 November 1952 to 11 April 1953. In the 1950s and early 1960s, a similar hit series of farces began at the
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in 1933, ran for 142 performances, compared with runs of more than 400 performances for some of the earlier productions.
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styles, particularly "silly-asses, henpecked husbands, battleaxe mothers-in-law and lots of innocent misunderstandings."
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657:. The films introduced the farces to cinema audiences and were produced by a number of film distributors including the
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Two friends rob a rapacious woman of her jewels. An accidental death in the course of the crime complicates matters.
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The new owner of a country house insists that it is haunted. The old owner's family set out to prove that it is not.
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Travers some time to establish a satisfactory working relationship with Walls, whom he found difficult as an
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150:. This was a great popular success, running for nearly two years, and they collaborated again, moving to the
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In 1952, three years after Walls's death, Lynn and Hare starred at the
Aldwych in a new Travers farce,
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in 1964. As at 2013, the only other of the twelve to have been revived in the West End is
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Other film comedies of the period directed by Walls, with many of the Aldwych stars, are:
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191:. It became a success on tour from 1921 and in another London theatre in 1922.
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Richards, Jeffrey (2001). "Crisis at Christmas". In Mark Connelly (ed.).
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187:, based on his 1920 novel of the same name, was produced and directed by
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The Aldwych farces also featured a regular team of supporting actors:
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has televised productions of several of the farces. In the 1950s,
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The two Aldwych farces not filmed by members of the company were
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A shy music teacher finds himself running a casino. (Adapted by
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Smith, Leslie (1989). "Ben Travers and the Aldwych Farces".
1470:, The British Theatre Guide, 2009, accessed 3 February 2013
1582:(fourteenth ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons.
1246:, 28 September 1927, p. 12; and 3 October 1927, p. 12
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre
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1270:"Theater; England's Endless Love Affair with Farce"
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817:(1935; based on the Travers play of the same name)
1458:, 25 May 1942, p. 8; Lewsen, Charles. "Popkiss",
1259:, 3 November 1952, p. 9, and 27 March 1953, p. 2
232:as the severe voice of authority; the saturnine
1526:"Inspired Verbal Doodling in Spirited Farce",
1495:Nightingale, Benedict. "Humour among thieves",
1466:, 3 September 1986, p. 15; and Fisher, Philip.
101:, supported by a regular company that included
1564:, British Film Institute, accessed 3 May 2013.
905:has been regularly revived. It is a staple of
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1329:"BFI | Film & TV Database | TRAVERS, Ben"
1204:, Volume LIX, Issue 201, 25 August 1928, p. 2
1194:, 21 April 1928, p. 12; "Criterion – Thark",
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833:(1936; loosely based on the Travers play,
672:Films of the original Aldwych farces are:
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195:had acquired the rights to Travers' farce
173:The first in the Aldwych farce series was
861:, from the Travers play of the same name)
825:(1935; an original screenplay by Travers)
1075:. British Film Institute. Archived from
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224:as a figure of put-upon respectability;
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89:. They incorporate and develop British
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1056:"Travers, Master of Farce, Bows Out",
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1620:. London: Rowman & Littlefield.
1184:"Criterion – A Cuckoo in the Nest",
1423:"Theatre Performances: 1954 – 1955"
663:Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
330:It Pays to Advertise
1169:"Prince's Theatre: Rookery Nook",
1130:Archive: "Tom Walls (1883 – 1949)"
933:has had several revivals: at the
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475:18 February 1930
1560:, 26 September 1970, p. 16; and
845:(1938; based on a Travers story)
1662:. Cambridge University Press.
901:Of the twelve Aldwych farces,
77:were a series of twelve stage
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1870:Theatre of the United Kingdom
1543:"B.B.C. Television – Thark",
1415:"Scottish Theatre Programmes"
990:in the Walls and Lynn roles.
681:(1930; released in the US as
228:in eccentric old lady roles;
1511:"The World of the Theatre",
1419:National Library of Scotland
1514:The Illustrated London News
1445:; all accessed 3 March 2013
1148:"Local and District News",
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791:Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
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588:from a French original by
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236:as the "heavy"; and first
1578:Gaye, Freda, ed. (1967).
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1196:The Sydney Morning Herald
1192:The Sydney Morning Herald
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1135:16 September 2012 at the
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169:The Aldwych Theatre today
1654:Trussler, Simon (2000).
1580:Who's Who in the Theatre
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1517:, 26 August 1962, p. 302
1499:, 4 December 1996, p. 34
1062:, 19 December 1980, p. 8
432:27 April 1929
292:and came to be known as
201:and sold them to Walls.
1454:"St Martin's Theatre",
1268:Nightingale, Benedict.
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897:Revivals and broadcasts
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683:One Embarrassing Night
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140:co-produced the farce
97:and starred Walls and
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1639:. London: W H Allen.
1635:Travers, Ben (1978).
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1731:A Cuckoo in the Nest
1723:It Pays to Advertise
1353:Richards, pp. 101–02
1157:Western Morning News
979:She Follows Me About
961:, in 1965 and 1989.
947:A Cuckoo in the Nest
941:in 1976, and at the
775:It Pays to Advertise
718:A Cuckoo in the Nest
198:A Cuckoo in the Nest
176:It Pays to Advertise
1637:A-sitting on a Gate
1435:Essex Record Office
1229:"Aldwych Theatre",
1213:"Aldwych Theatre",
1160:, 13 May 1933, p. 5
1047:, 24 May 1922, p. 4
1044:Western Daily Press
949:was revived by the
907:repertory companies
189:Sir Charles Hawtrey
148:Shaftesbury Theatre
42:(1927). From left:
36:Aldwych company in
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1439:"Playhouse People"
1396:on 19 January 2009
1335:on 19 January 2009
1275:The New York Times
1079:on 14 January 2009
1026:"Mr. Ralph Lynn",
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