Diversion is a 1927 play by the British writer John Van Druten.

It was first staged in the United States at the Lyceum Theatre in Rochester before beginning a 68 run performance at the 49th Street Theatre in 1928.

The cast included Maurice Evans, C.V. France, Cathleen Nesbitt and Mignon O'Doherty.

[2] In 1929 the play was adapted into a film The Careless Age by First National Pictures.

It was directed by John Griffith Wray and starred Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Carmel Myers.