The Happy Hypocrite

Lord George Hell brings his debauched ways to an abrupt end after he is struck by cupid’s arrow while out on the town with his lover La Gambogi. His new heart’s desire is a young dancer called Jenny Mere, who says she will only marry a man with the face of a saint. Lord George subsequently purchases a mask to disguise his ugliness and discards his distinctly un-saintly ways in order to marry Jenny, casting La Gambogi aside in the process.

Cast & Crew

Cast

1st flunkey / A jarvey
2nd flunkey / A Woodman
A Spy / A Citizen
A Violoncellist / Waiter
Amor
Aphoschadz
Beau Brummell
Captain Tarleton
Count Karaloff
Garble
Governess / An Old Woman / Country Lover /
Hymen
Jenny Mere
Julius
La Gambogi
Lady Barrymore
Lady Coleraine
Lady Otterton
Lord Barrymore
Lord George Hell
Lord Otterton
Mercury
Mr Aeneas
Mr Fitzclarence
Mr Ripsby
Mrs Ripsby
Mrs Walpole (tour) / Miss Coleraine (London)
Nissarah / country lover
Orange Seller
Sir Follard Follard
The Bishop of St Aldred’s
The Harpist
Amor (replacement)
  (started 8th April 1936)
Lady Barrymore (replacement)
  (started 8th April 1936)
Lady Otterton (replacement)
  (started 8th April 1936)
Miss Tarleton
  (started 8th April 1936)
Mr Aeneas (replacement)
  (started 8th April 1936)
The Bishop of St Aldred’s (replacement)
  (started 8th April 1936)

Crew

Composer
Costumes
Director
Producer
Producer

Photographs

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Photo credits

  • Isabel Jeans, Ivor Novello, Vivien Leigh & Marius Goring in The Happy Hypocrite 1936, Other public domain

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