The Silver King (play)

The Silver King is an 1882 melodramatic play, by Henry Arthur Jones and Henry Herman.

It was "so well known that criticism is superfluous" and played to record-breaking audiences.

[2][3] The play featured stars such as Mary Pickford, with Phoebe Carlo playing Ned in the original production.

The play was serialised for Australian radio in 1941 with a cast including Harvey Adams and Ron Randell.[4].

It was dramatised as a 90 minute play for the BBC Home Service (now BBC Radio 4) in 1964, starring Sir Donald Wolfit as Wilfred Denver.