Up in Mabel's Room (play)

Up in Mabel's Room is a play written by Wilson Collison and Otto Hauerbach. Producer Albert H. Woods staged it on Broadway in 1919.

Up in Mabel's Room
Hazel Dawn as Mabel
Written byWilson Collison and Otto Hauerbach
Date premieredJanuary 15, 1919 (1919-01-15)
Place premieredEltinge 42nd Street Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreFarce

Plot

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Garry Ainsworth is married to Geraldine, who is jealous of his previous relationship with a pretty young widow, Mabel Essington. When they were together, Garry gave Mabel a chemise with their names embroidered on it. He wants to recover the garment before Geraldine learns of its existence. Garry's efforts are interpreted by other characters as evidence of a tryst between him and Mabel, leading to a confrontation between Mabel and Geraldine before the misunderstanding is resolved.

Cast and characters

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The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:

 
John Cumberland played Garry in the Broadway production.
Cast of the Broadway production
Character Broadway cast
Kruger Frederick Sutton
Corliss Harry C. Bradley
Jimmy Larchmont Walter Jones
Garry Ainsworth John Cumberland
Geraldine Enid Markey
Mabel Essington Hazel Dawn
Martha Weldon Lucy Cotton
Alicia Larchmont Evelyn Gosnell
Arthur Weldon H. Dudley Hawley
Marie Adele Rolland

History

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The play opened at the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre on January 15, 1919. It closed in August 1919 after 229 performances.

Adaptations

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The play was adapted twice as a movie. A 1926 silent film adaptation starred Marie Prevost as Mabel. A 1944 film adaptation starred Marjorie Reynolds.

References

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  • Wainscott, Ronald Harold (1997). The Emergence of the Modern American Theater, 1914���1929. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-06776-3. OCLC 35128122.
  • Bordman, Gerald (1995). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1914–1930. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509078-0. OCLC 30356203.
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