Name: Autumn - Lux Radio Theatre South Africa - Margaret Kennedy
Uploaded: 2020-12-30T17:09:55+00:00
Duration: 48 min 28 s
Description: Autumn is a 1937 British play co-written by Margaret Kennedy and Gregory Ratoff. It was inspired by a 1915 play by the Russian writer Ilya Surguchev. After premiering at the Manchester Opera House, it

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Autumn is a 1937 British play co-written by Margaret Kennedy and Gregory Ratoff. It was inspired by a 1915 play by the Russian writer Ilya Surguchev. After premiering at the Manchester Opera House, its initial West End run at St Martin's Theatre lasted for 161 performances. The original cast included Wyndham Goldie, Flora Robson, Jack Hawkins and Victoria Hopper, while the future star Stewart Granger was an understudy. It was produced by the theatrical impresario Basil Dean.

In 1949 the play was adapted into film That Dangerous Age directed by Ratoff and starring Myrna Loy and Richard Greene

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