{{short description|Play by Stanley Houghton}} {{Infobox play | name =Trust the People | image = | image_size = | caption = | writer = Stanley Houghton | setting = | date of premiere = 6 February 1913 | original language = English | place = Garrick Theatre, London | series = | subject = | genre = Drama }} '''''Trust the People''''' is a 1913 play by the British writer Stanley Houghton, who had gained popular attention with his hit ''Hindle Wakes'' the previous year. It centres around the activities of a group of government officials.
It ran for 44 performances at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End between 6 February and 13 March 1913. The original cast included Arthur Bourchier, Clifford Heatherley, Herbert Bunston, Cedric Hardwicke, Barbara Gott and Viva Birkett. A review in ''The Times'' felt the play showed Houghton was out of his depth writing works beyond his own personal experience, in contrast to his more successful Lancashire-set works, while another reviewer felt it was "theatrically exciting" if flawed.<ref>Wearing p.312-13</ref>
The play was running in the West End at the same time as Houghton's latest hit ''The Younger Generation''.
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==Bibliography== * Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''.. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.
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Category:1913 plays Category:West End plays Category:Plays by Stanley Houghton Category:Plays set in England
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