The Man Who Stayed at Home
by J. E. Harold Terryliterary work· published 1914
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The Man Who Stayed at Home is a play by J. E. Harold Terry and Lechmere Worrall. First performed in 1914, the play is set during the First World War and tells the story of a group of German spies in South East England and the British agent who thwarts their undercover operation. It ran for over a year and a half in London and became one of the longest running plays of the period. It was also performed in Australia and New Zealand, and in North America where it was known as The White Feather. There were two film versions of the play, the first in 1915 and the other in 1919.
Adaptations (2)
The Man Who Stayed at Home has been adapted into 2 films, from 1915 to 1919.
The Man Who Stayed at Home1915 · film · dir. Cecil M. Hepworth · IMDb ↗A detective poses as a shirker to unmask spies at an East Coast boarding house.
The Man Who Stayed at Home1919 · film · dir. Herbert Blaché · IMDb ↗In a Virginia resort town in August 1918, Christopher Brent is viewed as a slacker because he refuses to enlist. Secretly, Christopher is observing German spies who are passing information about coastal fortifications for invasion preparations. Seeing Christopher consort with Mrs. Miriam Lee, also from the secret service, his fiancee Molly Preston, who had been bothered by the talk about him, becomes jealous. When Molly's brother Norman discovers a German code book in Mrs. Lee's possession, Christopher, who obtained the book when he destroyed the wireless of the chief spy, Carl Sanderson, who also loves Molly, is suspected of aiding the Germans.
