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Mile Away Murder

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Mile Away Murder
Written byAnthony Armstrong
Date premiered2 April 1937
Place premieredDuchess Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreCrime mystery

Mile Away Murder is a 1937 murder mystery play by the British writer Anthony Armstrong.[1] It ran at the Duchess Theatre in London's West End between 2 April and 8 May 1937. The cast included Walter Hudd, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Wilfred Caithness, Oliver Johnston, Evelyn Roberts and Gillian Maude.[2] It received a negative review in The New Statesmanwhich considered it unmysterious[3] while The New York Times described it as "highly competent".[4]

References

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  1. ^ Watson & Willison p.907
  2. ^ Wearing p.592
  3. ^ Wearing p.592
  4. ^ "MYSTERY PLAY IN LONDON; ' Mile Away Murder' is Highly Competent Detective Story". The New York Times. 3 April 1937.

Bibliography

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  • Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
  • Willison, I.R. (ed.) The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 4, 1900–1950. Cambridge University Press, 1972.