Secrets is a 1922 play by Rudolf Besier and May Edginton.
The play first opened in London at the Comedy Theatre on 7 September 1922, starring Fay Compton and Leon Quartermaine.(13 August 1922). The London Stage, The New York Times(8 October 1922). London Notes, The New York Times
Secrets opened in New York at the Fulton Theatre on 25 December 1922, and ran through May 1923, for 168 performances.Corbin, John (26 December 1922). The Play, The New York TimesBordman, Gerald. American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama 1914-1930, p. 198 (1995)("The play's five-month run silenced pundits who sneered that Broadway would never accept so gentle, undramatic an evening.")
The play was also adapted for films released in 1924 and 1933.
It was also adapted for Australian radio in 1925.
London cast (partial) Produced by John Eugene Vedrenne Fay Compton as Lady Carlton Doris Mansell as Lady Lessington Margaret Scudamore as Mrs. Marlowe Hubert Harben as William Marlowe Bobbie Andrews as John Carlton
Broadway cast (partial) Directed by Sam Forrest and produced by Sam H. Harris Margaret Lawrence as Lady Carlton Barbara Allen as Lady Lessington Mrs. Edmund Gurney as Mrs. Marlowe Orlando Daly as William Marlowe Tom Nesbit as John Carlton Allan Jenkins as Briggs Beatrice Kay as Blanche Frazer Coulter as Dr. Arbuthnot
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