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'The mandarin coat of the title is bought at a Chinese curiosity shop for 100 guineas by Sheila Caldwell. Afraid of being reproved for extravagance by her husband, Stephen, she causes him to think that that the real buyer of the coat is her friend, Madge Torrance. The proprietor of the shop has been absent at the time of the purchase, but he arrives soon at the dwelling of the Caldwells, and shows anxiety to buy the coat back.'
Source:
'Entertainments: "The Mandarin Coat",' The Argus, 15 October 1926, p.14.
Notes
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There was some discussion in newspapers of the play being toured in South Africa and the United States by Guy Bates Post, and even a suggestion of a silent film adaptation (also in the US), but no trace of these movements have so far been traced.
See 'Melbourne Notes', Chronicle, 2 October 1926, p.68.
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Some contemporary newspapers give the name of the play as The Mandarin Jacket.
Production Details
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First performed by the Melbourne Repertory Theatre in 1926.
Producer: Isobel Handley.
Cast members included Elizabeth Apperly, Russel Gourlay, Olive Norman, Norman Simpson, J. Stanley Smith, Madge Morrison, Leonie Levy, Herbert Gamble, Charles Row, and Walter Armstrong.
First night: Wednesday, 14 October 1926.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1920s
