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Setting. On Angel Street, in the Pimlico district of London, 1880. Gas Light is a 1938 thriller play, set in 1880s London, written by the British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton. [1] Hamilton's play is a dark tale of a marriage based on deceit and trickery, and a husband committed to driving his wife insane in order to steal from her.
GASLIGHT. By Patrick Hamilton in a new edition prepared for BarnDoor Productions. Directed and designed by David Jacklin Costume preparation (and set assistance), Janice Jacklin Stage Manager, Elaine Laxton Technical operator, Joe Laxton Front of House: Janice Jacklin, Jeanne Jenner, Nancy Moxon and the Friends of the Full Circle Theatre.
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May 24, 2007 · May 24, 2007. There is a case to be made that “Gaslight,” Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play, currently the subject of an excellent revival at the Irish Repertory Theater, is the seed from which ...
- Ginia Bellafante
- May 24, 2007
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Jan 21, 2024 · Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play Gas Light, filmed as Gaslight in 1940 and 1944, has rarely been considered a work of neo-Victorianism, but the films were part of a series of British and American movies of the mid-twentieth century—among them Fanny by Gaslight (1944), The Lodger (1944) and Footsteps in the Fog (1955)—that helped to establish ...
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Nov 22, 2019 · The term actually stems from the above period thriller, itself based on Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play, and a 1940 British film; each of these versions presents an intense, intimate picture of ...
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Sep 24, 2018 · An appreciation of the writing of Patrick Hamilton. The verb ‘to gaslight’, which is now used to mean a situation when someone is bullied and manipulated into doubting their own sanity, comes from Gas Light, a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton, a remarkable playwright and novelist and, I would argue, one of the great London writers.
