Rain at the Maxine Elliot Theatre, 1922

Following on from yesterday’s post on the John Colton/Clemence Randolph stage adaptation of Somerset Maugham’s Rain I thought we should see a few pictures of the production. Broadway producers were apparently nervous – perhaps unsurprising given the short story and the play’s content – prostitution and the attempted seduction of a religious man. Still, Jeanne Eagels took the role and the play opened in November 1922 at the 900-seat Maxine Elliott Theatre on West 39^th Street…

Jeanne Eagels as Sadie Thompson