The Last Hour (play)
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| The Last Hour | |
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| Written by | Charles Bennett |
| Date premiered | 20 December 1928 |
| Place premiered | Comedy Theatre, London |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
The Last Hour is a 1928 comedy thriller play by the British writer Charles Bennett. At an inn on the coast of Devon, a secret agent battles a foreign prince trying to smuggle a stolen death ray out of the country.
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Bennett was in his mid 20s and a working actor in Ben Greet Repertory, Paris, at the time he wrote The Last Hour, which was one of his earliest plays; it followed the unsuccessful The Return, and Blackmail (which starred Tallulah Bankhead in a 1928 production). Bennett called it "very successful".[1]
The Last Hour was a success, running for 111 performances at the Comedy Theatre in the West End between 20 December 1928 and 23 March 1929.[2] The cast included Cyril Raymond, Lydia Sherwood, Edward O'Neill and Franklin Dyall.
