But for the Grace of God (play)

But for the Grace of God is a play by the British writer Frederick Lonsdale. A murder melodrama, different from his standard light comedies, it ran for 203 performances at St James's Theatre in the West End between 3 September 1946 and 1 March 1947. The original cast included Michael Gough, A.E. Matthews, Mary Jerrold and Yvonne Owen.[1]

Original cast

Alfred - Andrew Leigh
Gerard - Michael Gough
Sir William Altrey - Stuart Lindsell
Johnny - Anthony Forwood
George Duncan - H.G. Stoker
Jimmy - Denis Gordon
Charles - A.E. Matthews
Geoffrey Wainwright - Hugh McDermott
Inspector Rayle - J.H. Roberts
Detective Orley - Cyril Smith
Richard - Robert Douglas
Molly - Marion Manisty
Emily - Mary Jerrold
Mary - Yvonne Owen

References

Wearing p.256

Bibliography

Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1940-1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Musicals and plays by Frederick Lonsdale

King of Cadonia (1908, libretto)
The Balkan Princess (1910, libretto)
Betty (1915, libretto)
The Maid of the Mountains (1917, libretto)
Monsieur Beaucaire (1919, libretto adaptation)
Madame Pompadour (1923, libretto adaptation)
Aren't We All? (1923)
The Street Singer (1924, libretto)
The Fake (1924)
Spring Cleaning (1925)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1925)
On Approval (1926)
The High Road (1927)
Canaries Sometimes Sing (1929)
But for the Grace of God (1946)
The Way Things Go (1950)

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