The Woman in the Case (play)

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Written by Clyde Fitch First performance 31 January 1905 Genre Drama		Original language English Playwright Clyde Fitch Place premiered Herald Square Theatre

Date premiered January 31, 1905 (1905-01-31) Adaptations The Law and the Woman (1922), The Woman in the Case (1916) People also search for Beau Brummell, The Masked Ball, Barbara Frietchie, The Truth, The Cowboy and the Lady

The Woman in the Case is a play written by Clyde Fitch. The producing duo of Wagenhals and Colin Kemper opened it on Broadway at the Herald Square Theatre on January 31, 1905. Blanche Walsh starred as Margaret Rolfe, while Robert Drouet played Julian Rolfe.

Adaptations

The play was adapted as a movie on multiple occasions:

In 1916 as The Woman in the Case, an American film starring Pauline Frederick and Alan Hale

In 1916 as The Woman in the Case, an Australian film starring Jean Robertson and Fred Knowles

In 1922 as The Law and the Woman, an American film starring Betty Compson and William P. Carleton

In 1932 as The Wiser Sex, an American film starring Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas

References

The Woman in the Case (play) Wikipedia

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