The Green Hat

The Green Hat* by Michael Arlen
Broadhurst Theatre†, New York
Rôle: Napier Harpenden
Total Performances: 231
9/15/1925 - c. 2/1926

"The first act reveals the sitting-room of a hotel suite in Deauville, the morning after Boy Fenwick's unexpected death by falling from a window. It had been his wedding night with Iris March. And he died, Iris explains, "for purity." This is an exceptionally quarrelsome act, Gerald March, Napier, Hilary and Sir Maurice all shouting angrily at one another. Even Iris cannot keep them at peace. The second act, set ten years later in Napier's London flat, carries the story one peg further. Napier has just given a dinner to Venice, whom he is to marry shortly, and to relatives and intimate friends. After they have gone Iris appears unexpectedly. Napier finds that their childhood love is not dead. The third act in a Paris convent nursing home recounts the episode of Iris's illness there, and Napier's coming at the doctor's request. The last act in Sir Maurice's country home follows closely the last chapter in Mr. Arlen's novel. Here Iris and Napier defy the family and propose to run off together. Then Napier discovers that his wife, Venice, is with child, and he returns. Iris leaves madly in her motor. A crash and a flash of light indicate the rest." "The Play," The New York Times, September 16, 1925

*Nicoll, p. 482
*OCLC WorldCat Entry The Green Hat
ref: Eforgan, pp. 61, 66 and Theatre and Film Work Index
ref: Howard, L. ed. with R. Howard, pp. 50-57
ref: Howard, L. R., pp. 101-8, 218
ref: Howard, R., Plays Index
ref: IBDb.com Leslie Howard Page
ref: IBDb.com The Green Hat
ref: Inafferrabile Leslie Howard, Theatre - The Green Hat • Includes company and cast information, reviews and additional photos
ref: Museum of New York Collection in PDF for The Green Hat
ref: Los Angeles Times Green Hat Fashion 10/11/1925 • Katharine Cornell's name is spelled incorrectly in this Bullock's ad
ref: New York Times Miscellaneous Notices
ref: New York Times • "New Plays in the Provinces" 04/05/1925
ref: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Review A. Pollock • "Plays and Things" 09/16/1925
ref: New York Times Review • "The Play" 09/16/1925 (incorrectly identifies Leslie Howard in the role of Hilary Townshend)
ref: New York Times • "Under A 'Green Hat" 09/20/1925
ref: New York Times • "Pale Heroes of 1925" 10/18/1925
ref: New York Times • "The Dramatic Mail" 10/25/1925
ref: New York Times stories about Michael Arlen: "Mr. Arlen Speaks" and "My Neighbor, Mr. Arlen"
ref: New York Times • "Who's Who Guthrie McClintic" 03/15/1925
ref: Program in PDF
†Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St., New York, NY

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[Leslie Howard with Katharine Cornell]

[Margalo Gillmore, Leslie Howard, A. P. Kaye, Katharine Cornell,
unknown and Gordon Ash]

[Leslie Howard and Katharine Cornell]

[Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]

[Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]

[Leslie Howard as Napier Harpenden, Gordon Ash as
Hilary Townshend and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]

[Leslie Howard as Napier Harpenden
and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]

[Gordon Ash as Hilary Townshend
and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]

[Margalo Gillmore as Venice Pollen
and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]

[Director Guthrie McClintic with playwright
Michael Arlen and Katharine Cornell]

[Leslie Howard as Napier Harpenden and
Margalo Gillmore as Venice Pollen]

[Leslie Howard as Napier Harpenden and
Margalo Gillmore as Venice Pollen]

[Leslie Howard as Napier Harpenden with Margalo Gillmore as
Venice Pollen and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]

[A. P. Kaye, Paul Guilfoyle, Eugene Powers,
Katharine Cornell, Leslie Howard and Gordon Ash]

[Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]
Museum of the City of New York

[Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]
Museum of the City of New York

[Gordon Ash as Hilary Townshend, Leslie Howard as Napier
Harpenden and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]
Museum of the City of New York

[Leslie Howard as Napier Harpenden
and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]
Museum of the City of New York

[Gordon Ash as Hilary Townshend
and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]
Museum of the City of New York

[Margalo Gillmore as Venice Pollen
and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]
Museum of the City of New York

[Director Guthrie McClintic with playwright
Michael Arlen and Katharine Cornell]
Museum of the City of New York

[Margalo Gillmore as Venice Pollen
and Leslie Howard as Napier Harpenden]
Museum of the City of New York

[Margalo Gillmore as Venice Pollen
and Leslie Howard as Napier Harpenden]
Museum of the City of New York

[Margalo Gillmore as Venice Pollen, Leslie Howard as
Napier Harpenden and Katharine Cornell as Iris Fenwick]
Museum of the City of New York

[A. P. Kaye, Paul Guilfoyle, Eugene Powers,
Katharine Cornell, Leslie Howard and Gordon Ash]
Museum of the City of New York

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