'Op o' Me Thumb

1904 play by Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce thumb|upright|Hilda Trevelyan, who created the main role, Amanda Op o' Me Thumb is a 1904 one-act play by the English authors Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce. It was produced at the Court Theatre, London, on 13 March 1904, in a double bill with Robert Browning's A Soul's Tragedy. It transferred to the St James's Theatre on 24 April 1904. The leading role of Amanda was played by Hilda Trevelyan.Gaye, p. 1451 The play was staged in New York in 1905 with Maude Adams as Amanda."At the Play", The Observer, 19 February 1905, p. 6 It was filmed in 1920 as Suds, starring Mary Pickford in the role created by Trevelyan. Characters and original cast Madame Didier – Marianne Caldwell Clem (Mrs) Galloway – Annie Howard Rose Jordan – Margaret Busse Celeste – Florence Lloyd Amanda Afflick – Hilda Trevelyan Horace Greensmith – H Nye Chart Plot The play is set in a London laundry. One of the workers, Amanda, fantasises about being the sweetheart of a handsome client, Horace, and tells her colleagues tall stories of their supposed romance. Horace arrives to collect his laundry; she confesses her deceit to him. Out of kindness he kisses her, and then goes, leaving Amanda alone, with her fantasies shattered but with the consolation of the kiss and his gold, diamond and ruby tie pin that he has given her.Clark, pp. 134–160 Notes 2 References Clark Barrett H 1921 Representative one-act plays by British and Irish authors https://archive.org/details/representativeon01clar Boston Little, Brown 378290 Gaye Freda 1967 Who's Who in the Theatre fourteenth London Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons 5997224 Category:1904 plays Category:One-act plays Category:English plays Category:British plays adapted into films Category:Plays set in London