Admirals All (play)

Admirals All is a 1934 adventure comedy play by the British writers Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall about a film star who becomes mixed up with the Royal Navy and Chinese pirates.

Admirals All
Written byIan Hay
Stephen King-Hall
Date premiered30 July 1934
Place premieredKings Theatre, Southsea
Original languageEnglish
GenreAdventure comedy

It premiered at the Kings Theatre, Southsea in the naval town of Portsmouth before transferring to the West End. It ran for 192 performances at the Shaftesbury Theatre and then the Cambridge Theatre between 6 August 1934 and 19 January 1935. It marked the West End debut of Hollywood film actress Laura La Plante, then in London making films for Warner Brothers at Teddington Studios. The cast also included Diana Beaumont, Jack Hobbs, Frederick Burtwell, Geoffrey Sumner and Aubrey Mather.[1]

Film adaptation

In 1935 it was turned into a film of the same title directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Wynne Gibson, Gordon Harker and Anthony Bushell.[2]

References
  1. Wearing p.378
  2. Goble p.212

Bibliography
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.


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