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Hitchcock Chronology: Eden Phillpotts

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Eden Phillpotts...

1924

March

  • Eden Phillpotts' comic play The Farmer's Wife begins it's London run at the Court Theatre. It will go on to become a huge success, running for a record-breaking 1,329 performances and reportedly generating box office takings of over £200,000. It eventually closes on 29th January 1927.[1]

1927

January

  • 29th - Eden Phillpotts' comic play The Farmer's Wife ends it's highly successful run at the Court Theatre in London after 1,329 performances. The press reports that box office takings for the run were in excess of £200,000.[2]

June

  • 2nd - Speculation as to who will direct the screen adaptation of Eden Phillpotts' highly successful comic play The Farmer's Wife is ended when British International Pictures announces that Hitchcock will direct after completing The Ring.[3]

1960

December

  • 29th - Novelist Eden Phillpotts, whose play The Farmer's Wife was adapted by Hitchcock in 1928, dies aged 98.

References

  1. This was a substantial figure at the time and equivalent to around £10,000,000 today.
  2. This was a substantial figure at the time and equivalent to around £10,000,000 today.
  3. Daily Mail (02/Jun/1927) - The Farmer's Wife