His Majesty Bunker Bean (play)

His Majesty Bunker Bean is a play in four acts by Lee Wilson Dodd based on the 1912 novel Bunker Bean by Harry Leon Wilson. Led by actor Taylor Holmes in the title role, the farce premiered in Detroit in 1915 prior to touring the Midwestern United States during the 1915-1916 season. This included a six month long stop in Chicago at the Cort Theatre where the play was a popular hit. After a hiatus in the summer 1916, the play resumed performances in Atlantic City in September before transferring to Broadway in October 1916, where it ran for three months at the Astor Theatre. The original production continued to tour until ending in May 1917, after which it was staged by regional theaters in the United States. The play and the novel it was based on were both the source material for multiple film adaptations made between 1918 and 1936.

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