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Married for Money

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Married for Money
Original languageEnglish
Written byWill Scott
GenreComedy
Premiere
Date23 October 1939
PlaceTheatre Royal, Birmingham

Married for Money is a 1939 comedy play by the British author Will Scott.[1] It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End where it ran for performances between 17 November and 26 December 1939, in the early months of the Second World War. The West End cast included Bryan Coleman, Ronald Simpson, Mackenzie Ward, Eliot Makeham, Nora Swinburne, Dinah Sheridan and Viola Lyel.[2] It is a farce revolving around a put-upon husband who conceals a secret stash of money from his wife.[3]

References

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  1. The Illustrated London News. William Little, 1939. p.742
  2. Wearing p.769
  3. Wearing p.769

Bibliography

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  • Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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