Yellow Sands is a play which opened at the Haymarket Theatre

Haymarket Theatre

The Theatre Royal Haymarket is a West End theatre in the Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use...

, London

London

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 in 1925, where it ran for 610 performances, and at the Fulton Theatre

Fulton Theatre/Helen Hayes Theatre

The Fulton Theatre was a Broadway Theatre located at 210 West 46th Street in New York that was opened in 1911. It was re-named the Helen Hayes Theatre in 1955. The theatre was demolished in 1982...

, New York

New York

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 on September 10, 1927, where it ran for 25 performances, closing in October 1927. It was written by Eden Phillpotts

Eden Phillpotts

Eden Phillpotts was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer....

 and his daughter Adelaide Phillpotts, produced by Sir Barry Jackson, and directed by H. K. Ayliff

H. K. Ayliff

H. K. Ayliff was an English theatre director who directed Shakespeare in contemporary dress as early as the 1920s, as well as Yellow Sands on Broadway.H.K...

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The production marked the London debut of Sir Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

Sir Ralph David Richardson was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, also appeared in several classic films....

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It was adapted for a film Yellow Sands

Yellow Sands (film)

Yellow Sands is a 1938 British comedy drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Marie Tempest, Belle Chrystall, Wilfrid Lawson and Robert Newton. A wealthy dying woman's relatives gather, unaware that they have all been cut out of the will...

in 1938.

Opening Night Cast (New York)

• Reginald Bach
• Florence Barnes
• Eileen Beldon
  Eileen Beldon
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• Madge Burbage
• Arthur Claremont
• Wilson Colman
• Jack Livesey
  Jack Livesey
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• Lester Matthews
  Lester Matthews
  Lester Matthews was an English actor born in Nottingham, England, UK. In his career, he made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was on occasion erroneously credited as Lester Mathews and especially in later years was sometimes known as Les Matthews. He died on the 6 June 1975...
  
  
• Joyce Morre
• Nellie Sheffield
• Winnie Tempest