Number 17 is a 1925 thriller play by the British writer Joseph Jefferson Farjeon.
It premiered at the Winter Gardens Theatre in New Brighton before beginning a West End run of 209 performances, initially at the New Theatre before transferring to Wyndham's and then the Duke of York's Theatre. The original cast included Nicholas Hannen, Fred Groves, Leon M. Lion and Nora Swinburne.Wearing p.379
The following year he wrote a novelisation of the play, published by Hodder and Stoughton.
Adaptations Film 1928, German silent film directed by Géza von Bolváry 1932, film Number Seventeen directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Goble p.891 1949, Swedish film directed by Gösta Stevens.
Television 1958, programme adapted by Juan Cortés and directed by Cyril Butcher, part of the ITV Play of the Week series.
Radio 1938, for BBC Radio produced by Leslie Stokes. 1938, for BBC Radio produced by Howard Rose.
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.