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''A Pair of Sixes'', originally titled ''The Party of the Second Part'',〔The Dramatic Index for 1915,'' 1916, p. 239〕 is a farce in three acts by Edward Peple that made its Broadway debut at the Longacre Theatre on March 17, 1914. The piece was produced by Harry Frazee and achieved a run of two hundred and twenty-seven performances at the Longacre before closing in the third week of September 1914.〔(''A Pair of Sixes,'' Internet Broadway Database ) Retrieved May 14, 2014〕 Over the following months ''A Pair of Sixes,'' reappeared at the Majestic Theatre in Brooklyn and Manhattan’s Standard Theatre. A national tour followed, as did runs at London’s Wyndham's Theatre and Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne. 〔''A Pair of Sixes'' a Smart Play. ''Reno Evening Gazette,'' Saturday, 19, 1914, p. 5〕 〔 Brooklyn Playhouses. ''New York Times,'' October 4, 1914, p. 65〕 〔 At other Houses. ''New York Times,'' November 29, 1914, p. X8〕 Peple’s farce spawned a novel by (Lilian Lauferty ), a 1918 silent film with Maude Eburne and Taylor Holmes〔(''A Pair of Sixes'', Internet Movie Database ) Retrieved May 15, 2014〕 and the 1926 hit Broadway musical comedy, ''Queen High,'' 〔(''Queen High,'' Internet Broadway Database ) May 14, 2014〕 that in turn begat the 1930 Hollywood talkie ''Queen High'' starring Charles Ruggles, Frank Morgan and Ginger Rogers. 〔(''Queen High'' (1930) Internet Movie Database ) Retrieved May 14, 2014〕 ==Cast== *Mr. Applegate… Walter Allen *Sally Parker (the stenographer)… Carree Clark *Tony Toler (salesman)… Jack Devereaux *Coddles (English maid)... Maude Eburne 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Pair of Sixes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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