Nap Hand (play)

{{Short description|1940 play}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox play | name =Nap Hand | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer = [[Vernon Sylvaine]] <br /> [[Guy Bolton]] | setting = | date of premiere = 19 February 1940 | original language = English | place = [[Manchester Opera House]] | series = | subject = | genre = Comedy }} '''''Nap Hand'''''<ref>{{Cite news |date=1940-03-10 |title=A NEW FARCE IN LONDON; Vernon Sylvaine Is the Author of a Play Called 'Nap Hand' (Published 1940) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/03/10/archives/a-new-farce-in-london-vernon-sylvaine-is-the-author-of-a-play.html |access-date=2025-09-15 |language=en}}</ref> is a 1940 [[comedy play]] by [[Vernon Sylvaine]] and [[Guy Bolton]]. The title refers to the sporting term, a [[nap hand]]. The farce revolves around [[quintuplet]]s.

After premiering at the [[Manchester Opera House]], it ran for 83 performances at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in [[London]] between 2 March and 11 May 1940. The cast included [[Ralph Lynn]], [[Kay Walsh]], [[William Hartnell]], [[Marjorie Corbett]], [[Francis de Wolff]], [[Frederick Piper]] and [[Bertha Belmore]]. It was produced by [[Austin Melford]].<ref>Wearing p.9</ref>

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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:1940 plays]] [[Category:British comedy plays]] [[Category:West End plays]] [[Category:Plays set in England]] [[Category:Plays by Vernon Sylvaine]] [[Category:Plays by Guy Bolton]]

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