Tons of Money is a farcical play by British writers Will Evans and Arthur Valentine. which was first performed in 1922. It was the first of the long-running Aldwych Farces, co-produced by Tom Walls and Leslie Henson and starred Henson as Aubrey Allington.[1] In the story of the play, a hard-up inventor pretends to be his cousin, in order to escape the clutches of his creditors.
Alan Ayckbourn updated and directed the play in 1986 in a revival by The National Theatre starring Michael Gambon as Sprules and Simon Cadell as Aubrey.[1]
The play was adapted into film on two occasions. A 1924 silent film Tons of Money directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring Leslie Henson[2] and a 1930 sound version Tons of Money directed by Tom Walls and starring Ralph Lynn. A television adaptation was broadcast by the BBC on Boxing Day 1954, starring Frankie Howerd as Aubrey. Graeme Muir directed.[1]