Adaptations
A 1937 film adaptation using the same title was written by John Van Druten. It starred Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, and Dame May Whitty and was directed by Richard Thorpe. Dame May Whitty revisited the same role from when the play was performed in London and in New York City.
The play was adapted into a radio play in April 1946 on Molle Mystery Theater featuring Ian Martin and Virginia Field. It was again performed in March 1948 on the long-running radio drama series Suspense, with Robert Montgomery and Dame May Whitty reprising their original roles.
A 1964 film remake was directed by Karel Reisz from a script by Clive Exton, and starred Albert Finney, Susan Hampshire, and Sheila Hancock, but was not as successful as the original film.
A Broadway revival in the 1990s starring Matthew Broderick, essaying an Irish accent (as did Montgomery), rather than a Welsh one, performed respectably at the box office.
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