Charles Darrell
English playwright (1859–1932)
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Charles Darrell (29 June 1859 – 25 March 1932) was an English playwright who specialized in melodrama.
Early life
Selected works
His plays include:[2]
- When London Sleeps: Charles Holloway's production at Theatre Royal, Melbourne in 1898;[3] basis of the 1932 film When London Sleeps
- The Power and the Glory (1898); first Australian performance in 1899[4]
- Defender of the Faith; first Australian production 1900[5]
- Her Luck in London (1905); first Australian production 1906;[6] basis of the 1914 film Her Luck in London
- What a Man Made Her (1909)
- A Girl's Good Luck (1912)
- In A Man's Grip (1913)
- The Millionaire and the Woman (1916)
- Should a Wife Refuse? (1917)
- Tommy's French Wife (1918)
- A Girl in the Web (1919)
- From Shopgirl to Duchess; first Australian production 1909;[7] basis of the 1917 film From Shopgirl to Duchess
- The Girl Who Knew a Bit; Australian rights purchased by William Anderson 1911.[8]
- The Idol of Paris, basis of the 1914 film The Idol of Paris, was also the English title of Sarah Bernhardt's autobiography.[9]
- White as a Lily?; first Australian production 1913[10]
- When Paris Sleeps (1913), first Australia production 1920;[11] basis of the 1917 film When Paris Sleeps