Busman’s Honeymoon: Difference between revisions
==Adaptations==
==Adaptations==
”Busman’s Honeymoon” first saw the light of day as a stage [[Plays of Dorothy L. Sayers|play by Sayers]] and [[Muriel St. Clare Byrne]]. Subtitled ”A Detective Comedy in Three Acts”, it opened at London’s [[Comedy Theatre]], in December 1936,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ua2hCgAAQBAJ&q=busman%27s+honeymoon+1936+comedy+theatre&pg=PT188|title=The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century|first=Beatrix|last=Hesse|date=2 August 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781137463043|via=Google Books}} with [[Dennis Arundell]] as Peter and [[Veronica Turleigh]] as Harriet Vane.{{Cite book|last=Lachman|first=Marvin|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/903807427|title=The villainous stage : crime plays on Broadway and in the West End|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9534-4|oclc=903807427}} The play was a success, and ran for 413 performances.
”Busman’s Honeymoon” first saw the light of day as a stage [[Plays of Dorothy L. Sayers|play by Sayers]] and [[Muriel St. Clare Byrne]]. Subtitled ”A Detective Comedy in Three Acts”, it opened at London’s [[Comedy Theatre]], in December 1936,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ua2hCgAAQBAJ&q=busman%27s+honeymoon+1936+comedy+theatre&pg=PT188|title=The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century|first=Beatrix|last=Hesse|date= 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=|via=Google Books}} with [[Dennis Arundell]] as Peter and [[Veronica Turleigh]] as Harriet Vane.{{Cite book|last=Lachman|first=Marvin|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/903807427|title=The villainous stage : crime plays on Broadway and in the West End|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9534-4|oclc=903807427}} The play was a success, and ran for 413 performances.
A [[Busman’s Honeymoon (film)|1940 film version]], based as much on the play as on the novel, stars [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] as Peter and [[Constance Cummings]] as Harriet.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a6c3591|title=Busman’s Honeymoon (1940)|website=BFI}} The movie was released in the United States as ”Haunted Honeymoon”.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/haunted-honeymoon-v126089|title=Haunted Honeymoon (1940) – Arthur B. Woods – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}
A [[Busman’s Honeymoon (film)|1940 film version]], based as much on the play as on the novel, stars [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] as Peter and [[Constance Cummings]] as Harriet.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a6c3591|title=Busman’s Honeymoon (1940)|website=BFI}} The movie was released in the United States as ”Haunted Honeymoon”.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/haunted-honeymoon-v126089|title=Haunted Honeymoon (1940) Arthur B. Woods Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}
It was twice adapted for BBC television broadcast. The 1947 adaptation, 90 minutes in length, was directed by [[John Glyn-Jones]] and starred [[Harold Warrender]] as Lord Peter, [[Ruth Lodge]] as Harriet, and [[Ronald Adam (actor)|Ronald Adam]] as Bunter; [[Joan Hickson]], later to be better known for playing [[Agatha Christie]]’s amateur sleuth [[Miss Marple]], played Miss Twitterton.{{Cite news|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8898350b|title = Busman’s Honeymoon (1947)|newspaper = Bfi}}{{Cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/screenplays/index.php/prog/1785|title = Busman’s Honeymoon · British Universities Film & Video Council}}{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/073467266e7e43db8890a235b0a13237|title=BBC Programme Index}} The 1957 adaptation, again 90 minutes in length, was directed by [[Brandon Acton-Bond]], and starred [[Peter Gray (actor)|Peter Gray]] as Lord Peter, [[Sarah Lawson (actress)|Sarah Lawson]] as Harriet, and [[Charles Lloyd-Pack]] as Bunter.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80be181f|title = Busman’s Honeymoon (1957)}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176417/?ref_=tt_trv_cnn|title = Busman’s Honeymoon|website = [[IMDb]]|date = 3 October 1957}}{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/255d4dc4e50c45078d548a6bdd7b2ec6|title = Broadcast – BBC Programme Index}}
It was twice adapted for BBC television broadcast. The 1947 adaptation, 90 minutes in length, was directed by [[John Glyn-Jones]] and starred [[Harold Warrender]] as Lord Peter, [[Ruth Lodge]] as Harriet, and [[Ronald Adam (actor)|Ronald Adam]] as Bunter; [[Joan Hickson]], later to be better known for playing [[Agatha Christie]]’s amateur sleuth [[Miss Marple]], played Miss Twitterton.{{Cite news|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8898350b|title = Busman’s Honeymoon (1947)|newspaper = Bfi}}{{Cite…