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Issue Details: First known date: 1913... 1913 Passers-By : A Play in Four Acts
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A sentimental comedy of contemporary London life.

For a detailed review, see 'Wyndham's Theatre', The Times, 30 March 1911, p.10.

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Passers-by Stanner E.V. Taylor , ( dir. Stanner E.V. Taylor ) United States of America (USA) : Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation , 1916 6435411 1916 single work film/TV
form y separately published work icon Passers-by Stanley Olmstead , ( dir. J. Stuart Blackton ) United States of America (USA) : J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures , 1920 6435472 1920 single work film/TV

A contemporary newspaper review offers the following synopsis:

'Its story is about a young man who loves a governess in his step-sister's house but loses her through the machinations of the step-sister and only finds her and happiness again when, bored by his daily routine, he is prompted to bring into his home such passers by as the street in front of his home may offer.'

Source:

'The Screen', New York Times, 21 June 1920, p.21.

Production Details

  • First produced at Wyndham's Theatre, London, 29 March 1911.

    Cast members included Gerald Du Maurier (Peter Waverton), Gayer MacKay (Pine), George Shelton ('Nighty'), O.P. Heggie (Samuel Burns), Irene Vanbrugh (Margaret Summers), Helen Ferbers (The Lady Hurley), Nina Sevening (Miss Beatrice Dainton), and Renee Meyer (Little Peter).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Duckworth ,       1913 .
      Extent: 139p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1920
      Note/s:
      • Includes set design.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Brentano's ,       1914 .
      Extent: 139p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Includes set design.
      Series: Modern Plays series - publisher
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Works about this Work

Untitled O.K. , 1921 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 April vol. 42 no. 2147 1921; (p. 36)
Untitled O.K. , 1921 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 April vol. 42 no. 2147 1921; (p. 36)
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