The Gay Dog (play)

The Gay Dog
Written by	Joseph Colton
Date premiered	13 February 1951
Place premiered	Q Theatre, Kew Bridge
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

The Gay Dog is a 1951 comedy play by the British author Joseph Colton. After its London premiere at the Q Theatre in Kew Bridge (under the title A Dog for Delmont it transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End where it ran for 276 performances between 11 June 1952 and 7 February 1953.^[1] The West End cast included Wilfred Pickles, Megs Jenkins, Harold Goodwin, Anthony Oliver, Brian Nissen, David King-Wood and Joan Hickson.^[2]

In 1954 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Pickles and Jenkins alongside Petula Clark and Peter Butterworth.^[3]

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Wearing, J.P. The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

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