The Misleading Lady
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The Misleading Lady is a 1913 play by Charles W. Goddard and Paul Dickey. It is a farcical comedy in three acts, with two settings and sixteen characters. The story concerns an already engaged young woman, who for a wager convinces a man to propose in front of a secret audience, but who is then kidnapped by her victim after his public humiliation. The action of the play takes place during one night. The play popularized the trope of a mentally disturbed person identifying as Napoleon. The play was first produced by William Harris Jr., starring Lewis Stone and Inez Buck. This production also marked the first Broadway appearance of George Abbott. Tryouts began in November 1913 at Atlantic City and two locales in Pennsylvania.
Adaptations (1)
The Misleading Lady was adapted into a 1920 film.
The Misleading Lady1920 · film · 60 min · dir. George Irving · IMDb ↗Jack Craigen, an engineer who has just finished a construction job in South Africa, returns to New York. There, at the home of his Uncle Cannell, he meets stage-struck society girl Helen Steele and her playwright fiancé Tracey. Scheming to win the lead in their new production, The Siren , Helen wagers Cannell and Tracey that she can vamp Jack--a notorious woman-hater--and have him propose to her in a week.
