The Woman in the Case (play)

The Woman in the Case
Written by	Clyde Fitch
Date premiered	January 31, 1905 (1905-01-31)
Place premiered	Herald Square Theatre
Original language	English
Genre	Drama

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.^[1]

Black and white portrait of Blanche Walsh.

Blanche Walsh starred in the Broadway production.

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

↑ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2009). Blood on the Stage: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection: An Annotated Repertoire, 1900–1925. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 35–38. ISBN 978-0-8108-6123-7. OCLC 190860037.

External links

The Woman in the Case at the Internet Broadway Database
Fitch, Clyde, The Woman in the Case; a Play in Four Acts, Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1915, on the Internet Archive

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