Sporting Love

Sporting Love is a musical written by Stanley Lupino with music by Billy Mayerl, lyrics by Desmond Carter and Frank Eyton.

[1] Produced by Lupino, it opened at the Gaiety Theatre, London on 31 March 1934 and ran for 302 performances, closing on 26 January the following year.

[2] In 1936 it was adapted as a film Sporting Love starring Lupino, featuring some of the original stage cast.

[3] Brothers Percy and Peter Brace scheme to avoid imminent bankruptcy by gambling on the horses.

The brothers hit on a mad cap scheme to inherit money from a rich aunt, but farcical mix-ups ensure things do not go according to plan.