Quiet Weekend (play)
1941 play by Esther McCracken From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1941 play by Esther McCracken From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Quiet Weekend is a 1941 play by the British writer Esther McCracken.[1] It opened on 2 July 1941 at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, where it enjoyed a successful run of 1,059 performances, closing on 29 January 1944.[2] The production was directed by Richard Bird and designed by Michael Relph.[3] It was a sequel to the 1938 play Quiet Wedding.
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Mildred and Arthur Royd own a "quiet" weekend country cottage. Their daughter, Marcia and her husband arrive not on the best of terms. Denys, the Royds' young son, arrives with the glamorous Rowena Marriott but Miranda, a young guest, remains embrassingly devoted to him.[4]
Mildred has to cope with the complications which develop as everything goes wrong.[4]
Arthur keeps company with Adrian Barasford. Bachelor Adrian's interest is divided between discussing fishing with Arthur and his devotion to the charming middle-aged Mary Jarrow. Arthur and Adrian become involved in a salmon-poaching with matters straightened out the next day but all leave hurriedly to escape the consequences and to evade a visit from the vicar looking for money.[4]
In 1946 it was turned into a film Quiet Weekend directed by Harold French.[5]
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