# Someone Waiting

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{{Short description|1953 play written by Emlyn Williams}}
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{{Infobox play
| name              = Someone Waiting
| image             = File:Someone Waiting.jpg
| image_size        =
| caption           = Broadway programme
| writer            = [Emlyn Williams](/source/Emlyn_Williams)
| setting           = Drawing room of the Nedlows' apartment, Mill Court, London. Present time.
| date of premiere  = 14 September 1953
| original language = English
| place             = [Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool](/source/Royal_Court_Theatre%2C_Liverpool)
| series            = 
| subject           = 
| genre             = Thriller
}}
'''''Someone Waiting''''' is a 1953 [thriller play](/source/thriller_play) by the British writer [Emlyn Williams](/source/Emlyn_Williams).

It premiered at the [Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool](/source/Royal_Court_Theatre%2C_Liverpool) before transferring to the [Globe Theatre](/source/Gielgud_Theatre) in London's [West End](/source/West_End_theatre) where it ran for 156 performances between 25 November 1953 and 10 April 1954. The cast included Williams himself as well as [Gabrielle Brune](/source/Gabrielle_Brune), [Adrianne Allen](/source/Adrianne_Allen), [Gladys Henson](/source/Gladys_Henson), [Campbell Cotts](/source/Campbell_Cotts) and [John Stratton](/source/John_Stratton_(actor)).<ref>Wearing p.271</ref> It appeared at the [John Golden Theatre](/source/John_Golden_Theatre) on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) in February 1956 with [Leo G. Carroll](/source/Leo_G._Carroll), [Jessie Royce Landis](/source/Jessie_Royce_Landis) and [Norah Howard](/source/Norah_Howard) in the cast, but this lasted for only 15 shows.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/someone-waiting-2404 |title=Someone Waiting – Broadway Play – Original {{!}} IBDB |website=www.ibdb.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018190546/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/someone-waiting-2404 |archive-date=2019-10-18}}</ref>

In 1957 it was adapted into the film ''[Time Without Pity](/source/Time_Without_Pity)'' directed by [Joseph Losey](/source/Joseph_Losey).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b87e752 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811122948/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b87e752 | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 August 2016 | title=Time without Pity (1957) }}</ref>

In 1965 the play was staged by the [Edinburgh Gateway Company](/source/Gateway_Theatre_(Edinburgh)), directed by [Victor Carin](/source/Victor_Carin).<ref>Edinburgh Gateway Company (1965), ''The Twelve Seasons of the Edinburgh Gateway Company, 1953 - 1965'', St. Giles Press, Edinburgh, p. 54</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Kabatchnik, Amnon. ''Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
* Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''.  Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

==External links==
* {{ibdb show|8159}}

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Category:1953 plays
Category:Plays by Emlyn Williams
Category:Thriller plays
Category:West End plays
Category:British plays adapted into films
Category:Plays set in London

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