SEVEN DAYS

Seven days: translation

   Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood collaborated on this three-act farce, a major hit when it opened on 10 November 1909 at the Astor Theatre for 397 performances. Seven Days was adapted into the 1919 musical Tumble In, and motion picture versions were released in 1914 and 1925. When James Wilson attempts to hide his divorce from a visiting aunt, he persuades a woman friend to pretend to be his wife, setting up innumerable farcical situations. Florence Reed appeared as a fortune-teller who believes that a burglar is loose in Wilson's house.