Almost a Honeymoon is a 1930 play by Walter Ellis. It debuted at the Garrick Theatre in London and later enjoyed a successful run at the Apollo Theatre. A farce it concerns a young man who has secured a lucrative post in the colonial service. His problem is that the post requires him to be married, and he has just a day to find a woman to be his wife. Original cast Charles - Hylton Allen/George Relph Bailiff - Christopher Steele Basil Dibley - Gerald Pring Cuthbert de Grey - Lamont Dickinson Mr. Dixon - Edward Thane Taxi Driver - Barry Lyndon Margaret Brent - Grace Lane Rosalie Quilter - Renee Kelly/Mercia Swinburne Adaptations The play was twice adapted for film. In 1930 Almost a Honeymoon directed by Monty Banks and starring Clifford Mollison and Dodo Watts and in 1938 Almost a Honeymoon directed by Norman Lee and starring Tommy Trinder and Linden Travers. References Bibliography Smith, Leslie. Modern British Farce. Barnes and Noble, 1989. 1930 plays Comedy plays British plays adapted into films West End plays