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A play in four acts by Roy Horniman and Ruby Miller. Opened at the
Garrick
Theatre, London, August 9, 1921. Closed on January 14, 1922, after 192
performances. Producer, E. Holman Clark; Stage Manager, Roy Beard; Stage Director,
Alfred F. Mansfield; Set Design, Paul Gill; Music Director, Leonard Hornsey.
Cast of characters
Billy |
Wilfrid Seagram |
Beauty |
Martin Lewis |
Ugly Bug |
Antony Holles |
Saucepan |
K. Alexander |
Ted Burnett |
Charles Carson
Alfred F. Mansfield |
Dr. Lawson |
Basil Rathbone
Richard Lindsay |
Oswald Grant |
John McNally |
Major Egerton |
James Lindsay |
Blockhead |
Napolean Florent |
Ralph Stuart |
Reginald Hunter
Richard Lindsay
Ray Beard |
Hayman |
Henry James
Pat Annesley |
Joyce |
Doris Lloyd |
Dinah |
Ruby Miller |
Truda Stuart |
Helen Stanton
Renée Bevan
Marie Mitchell |
Lady Godiva Stuart |
Florence Harwood |
Princess Sonia Nistrovska |
Marie Mitchell |
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Basil Rathbone played the role of Dr. Lawson in this story of life in
Rhodesia in the early twentieth century. The Edge O'Beyond was
originally a novel by Gertrude Page, published in 1908. In 1919 a British film
was produced starring Ruby Miller as Dinah Webberly and Owen Nares as Dr. Lawsen.
Ruby Miller and Roy Horniman adapted the story for the stage. Prior to opening
in London, the play opened at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne on June 20, 1921.
The following is a description of the 1919 film:
"Edge O'Beyond is a godforsaken speck somewhere in Colonial
Africa. Heroine Dinah Webberly (Ruby Miller) is driven to near madness by
the sadistic excesses of her aristocratic husband. When her baby dies and
her husband feigns indifference, it's the last straw. Dinah escapes into the
jungle, caring little about her own well-being or survival. This adaptation
of the novel by Gertrude Page was a strong pill to take for 1919 audiences
accustomed to escapist entertainment." -- Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Rathbone and Ruby Miller
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Rathbone as Dr. Lawson in The Edge
O'Beyond |
Rathbone and Doris Lloyd |
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