The Queen Was in the Parlour
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The Queen Was in the Parlour: a romance in three acts is a play by the English writer Noel Coward. Belonging to the Ruritanian romance genre, its title is drawn from a line in the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence. Although written in 1922, it was not produced until 24 August 1926, when it premiered at the St Martin's Theatre.[1]
Adaptations
Further information: The Queen Was in the Parlour (film)
It has been adapted for film three times - the first two times under its original title (in 1927 as a silent movie and in 1928 as a talking picture)[2] and the third time as Tonight Is Ours in 1933.
References
Categories:
- 1922 plays
- 1926 plays
- 1927 films
- 1928 films
- Films based on plays
- Plays by Noël Coward
- British silent films
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