Badger's Green (play)

Badger's Green
Written by	R.C. Sherriff
Date premiered	1930
Original language	English

Badger's Green is a 1930 British comedy play written by R.C. Sheriff. A company has ambitious plans to redevelop the quiet, picturesque village of Badger's Green. The inhabitants mount a resistance campaign and it is eventually decided to settle the future of the village by playing a cricket match.

The play has been adapted for the screen three times: a 1934 version starring Valerie Hobson, a 1938 version starring Maurice Denham and a 1949 version starring Garry Marsh.^[1]

It was also adapted for television twice: a now-lost^[2] 1938 version on BBC television^[3] and a 1958 version as part of ITV Television Playhouse,^[4] with this version also being lost.^[5]

References

Works by R. C. Sherriff

Plays	A Hitch in the Proceedings (1921) The Woods of Meadowside (1922) Profit and Loss (1923) Cornlow-in-the-Downs (1924) Mr. Bridie's Finger (1926) Journey's End (1928) Badger's Green (1930) Windfall (1933) Two Hearts Doubled (1934) St Helena (1936) Miss Mabel (1948) Dark Evening (1949) Home at Seven (1950) The Kite (1952) The White Carnation (1953) The Long Sunset (1955) The Telescope (1957) A Shred of Evidence (1960)

Screenplays	The Invisible Man (1933) One More River (1934) Dracula's Daughter (1936) The Road Back (1937) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) The Four Feathers (1939) Lady Hamilton (1941) This Above All (1942) Mrs. Miniver (1942) Stand By for Action (1942) Forever and a Day (1943) Odd Man Out (1947) Quartet (1948) No Highway in the Sky (1950) Trio (1950) The Dam Busters (1955) The Night My Number Came Up (1955) Cards with Uncle Tom (TV) (1955) The Ogburn Story (TV) (1963)

Books	Journey's End: A Novel (with Vernon Bartlett (1930) The Fortnight in September (1931) Green Gates (1936) The Hopkins Manuscript (1939) Chedworth: A Novel (1947) Another Year: A Novel (1948) King John's Treasure (1954) The Wells of St. Mary's (1962) No Leading Lady (1968) The Siege of Swayne Castle (1973)

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