• Source: Quiet Weekend (play)

      • Quiet Weekend is a 1941 play by the British writer Esther McCracken. 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. The production was directed by Richard Bird and designed by Michael Relph. It was a sequel to the 1938 play Quiet Wedding.


      Plot


      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.
      Mildred has to cope with the complications which develop as everything goes wrong.
      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.


      Original West End cast


      Adrian Barrasford - Frank Cellier
      Arthur Royd - George Thorpe
      Bella Hitchins - Helene Burls
      Denys Royd - Michael Wilding
      Ella Spender - Dorothy Batley
      Jim Brent - Geoffrey Denys
      Marcia Brent - Gwynne Whitby
      Mary Jerrow - Gladys Boot
      Mildred Royd - Marjorie Fielding
      Miranda Bute - Glynis Johns
      Rowena Marriott - Jeanne Stuart
      Sally Spender - Gabrielle Blunt
      Sam Pecker - Basil Mitchell


      Adaptation



      In 1946 it was turned into a film Quiet Weekend directed by Harold French.


      References




      Bibliography


      Chambers, Colin. Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre. Continuum, 2002.
      Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

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