The British Play About US Grant

[Matt McKeon]

I was just reading something about the actor Claude Rains(best known as Vichy police captain Renault, "I'm just a poor corrupt official"). Apparently he won kudos playing U.S. Grant in the play Ulysses S Grant, by John Drinkwater, performed in the 1920s. Does anyone know anything about this?

 

[Matt McKeon]

Hmmm....I looked online. He did write a play about Lincoln, where Grant appears as a character.

 

[Matt McKeon]

According to Wikipedia, there was a Grant play, a sequel to Abraham Lincoln

 

[jgoodguy]

Claude Rains

Was a very notable actor. Almost unknown today except for his Casablanca role.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Rains

 

[rittmeister]

Was a very notable actor. Almost unknown today except for his Casablanca role.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Rains

you don't want to see the first german dub they cut out the nazis and made it about smuglers. was a lot shorter than the original.

 

[jgoodguy]

you don't want to see the first german dub they cut out the nazis and made it about smuglers. was a lot shorter than the original.

lol

 

[5fish]

Rains ... Served in WW one and was blinded in one eye by a gas attack ... It also mention his title role in the Drinkwaters play...

https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Claude-Rains.aspx?t=921

 

[O' Be Joyful]

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/claude-rains-grave

 

[5fish]

Here a bio talks about his youth and how he came from an acting family .....

https://books.google.com/books?id=p...er play Ulysses S Grant by Drinkwater&f=false