title: Up in Mabel's Room (play)
text: # Up in Mabel's Room (play)
  
  Up in Mabel's Room is a play written by Wilson Collison and Otto Hauerbach. Producer Albert H. Woods staged it on Broadway in 1919.
  
  ## Plot
  
  Garry Ainsworth is married to Geraldine, who is jealous of his previous relationship with a pretty young widow, Mabel Essington. When they were together, Garry gave Mabel a chemise with their names embroidered on it. He wants to recover the garment before Geraldine learns of its existence. Garry's efforts are interpreted by other characters as evidence of a tryst between him and Mabel, leading to a confrontation between Mabel and Geraldine before the misunderstanding is resolved.
  
  ## Cast and characters
  
  The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:
  
  Cast of the Broadway production :
  
  | Character | Broadway cast |
  | - | - |
  | Kruger | Frederick Sutton |
  | Corliss | Harry C. Bradley |
  | Jimmy Larchmont | Walter Jones |
  | Garry Ainsworth | John Cumberland |
  | Geraldine | Enid Markey |
  | Mabel Essington | Hazel Dawn |
  | Martha Weldon | Lucy Cotton |
  | Alicia Larchmont | Evelyn Gosnell |
  | Arthur Weldon | H. Dudley Hawley |
  | Marie | Adele Rolland |
  
  ## History
  
  The play opened at the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre on January 15, 1919. It closed in August 1919 after 229 performances.
  
  ## Adaptations
  
  The play was adapted twice as a movie. A 1926 silent film adaptation starred Marie Prevost as Mabel. A 1944 film adaptation starred Marjorie Reynolds.
  
  