{{italics}} '''''To Quito and Back''''' is a 1937 American play by Ben Hecht. It was neither a commercial nor a critical success.<ref>{{cite book|page=196|title= Ben Hecht : the man behind the legend|last=MacAdams|first= William |year=1990 |location= New York|publisher= Scribner }}</ref> Mounted by the Theatre Guild, it premiered at the Colonial Theatre in Boston on September 20, 1937.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-colonial-theatreto-q/193364297/|title=Colonial Theatre:''To Quito and Back''|work=The Boston Globe|date= September 21, 1937| page= 23}}</ref> It transferred to Broadway's Guild Theatre where it opened on October 6, 1937.<ref>{{cite news|title=''To Quito and Back'' Opens The Theatre Guild Season|first=Burns|last= Mantle|work=New York Daily News|date= October 7, 1937| page= 53|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-to-quito-and-back-opens-t/193364749/}}</ref> The cast was led by Leslie Banks as Alexander Sterns, Francis Compton as Howard Evans, and Sylvia Sidney as Lola Hobbs.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Premiere|first=Edgar|last= Price|work=The Brooklyn Citizen|date= October 7, 1937| page= 16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-citizen-the-premiere/193365078/}}</ref>
==Premise== An American writer from New York finds himself in Ecuador in the company of a young woman, and unexpectedly befriended by Zamiano, the leader of the revolt. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IBDB show|id= 8760}} *[https://playbill.com/production/to-quito-and-back-guild-theatre-vault-0000005362 ''To Quito and Back''] at Playbill Category:1937 plays Category:Plays by Ben Hecht Category:Broadway plays
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