{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox play | name = Escort | image =File:Escort (play).jpg | image_size = | caption = | writer = Patrick Hastings | setting = | date of premiere = 18 August 1942 | original language = English | place = Lyric Theatre, London | series = | subject = | genre = War }} '''''Escort''''' is a 1942 play by the British writer Patrick Hastings. It is a wartime spy thriller about sabotage on a Royal Navy ship.
It ran for 24 performances at the West End Lyric Theatre between 18 August and 5 September 1942. The cast included Thorley Walters, Michael Shepley, John Stuart and Barry Morse. It was produced by Basil Dean.<ref name=w80>Wearing, p. 80.</ref>
It was praised by ''The Spectator'', which had recently panned Terence Rattigan's much more successful ''Flare Path'', as "the best and most convincing spy play" to date.<ref name=w80/>
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==Bibliography==
* Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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Category:1942 plays Category:Plays by Patrick Hastings Category:Plays about World War II Category:Plays about the military Category:West End plays
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